Jim,

I'll be interested to see what you find out. I only recently gathered up the nerve to really look inside my mouth and I'm pretty sure my reconstructed tongue is tethered down as well. That's not something any of the doctors ever mentioned. My plastic surgeon told me last Friday the sutures would dissolve over the next month, but I don't know if those are included or not.

Thanks for the post. Sorry I can't give you any information.

Jennifer


Jennifer
Stage II (T2N0M0) SCC diag 4/21/05; partial glossectomy & selective neck dissection (good margins and lymyph nodes negative), jaw split, 1/3 of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - 5/23/05; 42 years old at diagnosis