Thank you for being so welcoming and for your advice about what I will be facing. I just heard today that I will have to final markings done on my mask tomorrow and will also have a "chemo class" for education purposes. I'm so glad that I found this forum. I've been reading through many of the threads and it really helps to have a community.

Although I had about 1/3 of my tongue removed and the neck dissection, I didn't not need a feeding tube after the surgery. I am hoping that I won't need one through the 6 weeks of chemoradiation, although the radiation oncologist talked about it as a possibility.