Congratuations on 5 years. I had similar cancer and tongue reconstruction (4 years). The "new tongue" is much whiter than my normal tongue. You can see it when i talk. Do you have a similar issue and have you tried anything to help?

i was diagonosed with stage 2 SCC cancer August 2009 (at 39). 9/15/2009 I had free flap (wrist) tongue reconstruction and right side neck dissection 30+ nodes all neg. I had a Trach & ng tube - 14 days in the hospital. no risk factors. non smoker. HPV neg.