1. 39
2. 2012
3. Positive
4. Aesthetic, keeps the old tongue in the right place, has adapted to work with the old tongue for speech and swallowing, starting to get feeling.
5. Partly functional, no hair (ew), no saliva but that would have been the case regardless.
6. Absolutely no regrets

Tina
Diag: Aug. 13/12
T3N0M0
50% + glossectomy and bilateral radical neck dissection, removal of nodes zones I - V
Surgery October 11/12
Chemo/rad on hold due to clear margins and nodes
Sept 21/13 clear CT with anomaly thought to be the artery, being watched closely.
Dec 16/13 - anomaly confirmed artery, all clear
nickname: "get 'r done"
Plans: kick cancer's butt