Thanks for your candid reply. I agree...."getting over it" is easier said than done. I am tired of people telling me that my scars don't look so bad......I always think 'yep, because they are on my neck and not yours....'. Most days I am positive and happy to be a survivor. Congrats on 6 years

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.