i hd the neck desection as well good to read all this here as i had shoulder blhas too they had me in time creep up a wall with my hand its 6 weeks today and is better i do cleaning for folks so is good i started bk after a month of off time since the surgery. for me they found only a pin head in node so they a had remmoved the tumor frm the toungue and was a border line. im now at this point not needing treatment but am seen every month and a pet scan done in dec. im relived of the no treatment but wonder times gosh am i any safer then if i did get it thanks for yur talks it sure gives me more insight. rd