Thank you, Tony. Absolutely I want answers yesterday. It will maker us crazy. I'm occupying my time pretty well, but too much time to think is not good right now. My throat is actually feeling fine. My tongue is extremely painful. He took quite a bit this time and the positioning of the cuts is not allowing me to swallow. My tongue isn't functioning properly. I'm drooling a lot and anytime I swallow it gets stuck in the roof of my mouth or on the back left of my tongue. Then I'm unable to push it back. Hope that makes sense.

I do get choked on water and the nutrition drinks at times too. I'm just glad I'm able to swallow at all. I'm hoping I keep this ability through radiation. And maybe my tongue will heal enough by then so I can eat soft foods at least. Thank you so much again, Tony.

Non-smoker, non-drinker
10.28.13 Biopsy R front tongue
10.30.13 Stage 2 SCC dx HPV Neg, age 27
11.7.13 Right ptl gloss and R neck diss. Nodes neg and neg margin
1.17.14 SO confirmed SCC recurrence
1.23.14 Right glossectomy crossing into midline some of L remv and hollowed out inside, neg margins
1.28.13 swallowing strained, liq diet, Back L tongue shows poss tumor
2.5.14 Clear CT
2.17.14 Clear PET
3.10.14 Start IMRT