All - thanks for the reply. You are right and i am fortunate to be a survivor. Thank goodness no hair smile BUT if there were ever a way to tint that part of my tongue, i would do it.

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.