i had alot of tissue damage when i had my surgery...they took out the whole top half of my mouth...bone and everything and then sowed my flaps to my cheek for support...and they took 24 lymphnodes out of the right side of my neck...just trying to see what is normal post treatment and what is something to worry about...i guess anything is a cause for worry when you've had cancer...but all in all...i'm still alive and you have to take the positive in everything...i'm 13 weeks post radiation...i'm not having pain...just discomfort numbness and swelling...and i can feel that there is still tissue left from my tumor...but there is just numbness...no pain so that should be a good sign...if it was still malignant..it would likely still be growing and i would experience pain...is it normal to have tissue left behind after radiation...again..scary feeling...thanks for you help in advance...God Bless you all!!