well since this post i have been back in hopsital. my April surgery didnt get clear margins so i was referred on to our biggest hospital in Hobart. i had a great team of doctors, plastics, max fax and. I had my surgery on june 2nd, 15 hrs later i was in ICU. they had remove a bit more of my tongue, remove the floor of my mouth (left side) put in a free flap from my arm, they had to remove part of my jaw to get the clear margins. and a bilateral neck dissection. the were only going to do my left side of neck but due to the swelling when eating going to my right side and then staying swollen they did a biopsy on the friday before my operation, and this of course came back a cancer cells. i also had a tracheotomy (this was the worst thing ever) and i was feed through nasal tube. spent 10days in the hospital before finally coming home. every thing healed very well and they were very very happy with it all. 6 weeks later today, i am now preparing for chemo/radiation therapy which will start next monday the 21st July. hopefully this will kill off anything that might be floating around. its a long road but i hope its going to have the best results.