I live in mayfield which is about an hour west of albany . Right now I am just going to an Otolarangologist ( ENT) dont know if I spelled that right. But nervous becasue when i called to get in sooner I asked if they sepcialized in the cancer part of this and the receptionist said " OH I dont know ." Rosewell park is about 4-5 hrs away and Sloan-kettering is about 3-4. Gonna be hard having 5 young kids all the traveling . They did remove the Lesion, ulcer , tumor ..whatever I am supose to refer to it as. Then biopsied it. But the oral Surgeon said Def losing more tongue and "will learn to talk again"...I know you guys dont know me but of course we joke around my brother and sister and I ...we say that for me not being able to talk is a fate worse then death. and of course we dont feel this way for real ....But I like to talk..that is what I am known for .LOL So that scares me. I guess the hardest part is not knowing ..I had the lesion removed Jan 17th it was on the left side of my tongue about half way back ...kinda on the underside but coming up the side toward the top.i dont know how big about a chick pea or maybe an olive was removed. However I know have 3 new lesions 2 weeks later ...go in with one and leave with three.