OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 32 | Thank you all! Yes, tongue was rebuilt with thigh tissue. Thigh is of course what hurts the most. I understand it was a pretty sophisticated job with a lot of nerve rewiring, but I don't know the details. It feels pretty "normal" but I am not trying to do anything with it.
Time for more rest!
Male, non-smoker, very light drinker, age 56 at diag. 9/18/12 - Diag. tongue cancer, left lateral border HPV 16+ 9/24/12 - Partial glossectomy w/recon. Left side neck nodes removed 11/7/12 - Begin rads (30 treat.) and Cituximab (11 treat.) 12/26/12 - Rads compl. 1/18/13 - Cituximab compl. 3/13/13 - PET clear 12/19/13 - Positive PET 1/3/14 - Biopsy confirm cancer in tongue and 1 node (stage 4) 1/16/14 - Surgery - full glossectomy and and right neck dissect
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