I had surgery for the removal of tonsil and the left base of my tongue. After surgery i was able to speak well and I could swallow many foods. After 6 weeks I began radiation (no chemo) neither
my ENT surgeon nor my Radiologist felt chemo would be helpful. I am now over 1 year past radiation have difficulty speaking and swallowing. I do not know whether I should have tried radiation and chemo instead of suegery or should have just had the surgery. They removed 10 lymph nodes and one was not clean, that is why I had radiation. These are difficult decisions to make.