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Joined: Sep 2018 Posts: 71 Likes: 1 | Oh I see! I'm sorry, I read 'biopsy' thinking they were just going to go for a sample but this is them wanting to take the whole section.
I completely understand your anxiety! Surgery is not fun and waiting for it is maybe worse! Did the ENT say for sure that your speech would be impaired from this? It sounds like if he's just going to be able to stitch it up that after 2 weeks of healing, your speech may not even be affected. I say this because I've lost a fourth of my tongue and people tell me they can't tell a difference in my speech, just that I speak softer which may be from my vocal cords still healing from being intubated. I do have to work harder to enunciate, but I am getting used to my new tongue so maybe in time it will become easier.
Laura Age 40
Tongue lesion on left side grew and was hurting in mid-August
Dx as squamous cell carcinoma on 9.18.18
Left Neck Dissection and tongue surgery, lost a fourth of my tongue on 10.1.18, tumor had grown to a T3
Margins were clear except front section of tongue margin had three stray cancer cells that were not in the tumor
Additional surgery 10.18.18 to remove another cm near where the stray cells were found
33 radiation treatments from Nov 2018 through Jan 2019
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