Thanks so much for all the advice everyone. I am committed now to keeping my tongue intact therefore I'm going with the chemoradiation and hoping for the best. It's tough to make these decisions and never thought I'd be making them at my age. But I've chosen the path and am hoping for the best. Today I did the first day of radiation and yesterday I had my first day of chemo. So far so good. I'll keep you posted on my progress and will continue to read with great interest how you are doing with yours.

Best,
Dave

Diagnosed 6/05. Stage III SCC of the oral tongue. Nodes showed negative upon biopsy. 7/25/05 started Chemo of Cisplatin & Erbitux & 30 IMRT Sessions + daily Ethyol. 12/9/05, 75% hemi-glossectomy. Recovering since.