Hi
my friend aged 52 has a small lesion in his tongue ( he does not drink and smoked for about two years, over 35 yrs back ).
The biopsy indicated 'infiltrating squamous cell carcinoma -moderately differentiated'. smear positive for malignant cells' . They did a CT scan and the results look normal except for this lesion and the report says
"Ill defining enhancing lesion along the right lateral border of anterior 2/3rd of tongue 2 *1.3cms. NO significant cervial adenopathy. The lesion infiltrates the genio-glossus muscle and there is no extension across the midline. The extent of the lesion could not be adequately evaluated due to dental artifacts. Prominent subcentimeter bilateral level IB, II and right level III nodes are seen, largest right level II node measures 1.1*0.7 cms.'.

He is due for a surgery in a week.
They said the lesion will be removed and that should be it.
What is to be expected? The entire family is in panic.
They say his speech and eating should not affect.
How soon can he start eating? I hear people can get back to work in 2 weeks or a week. Is that right?
Does anything in the above report look bad?
A million questions in mind. Any positive feedback will be a great moral support.

Good luck to all of you that are brave and some day hope this gets eradicated completely too.

Prayers
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