Ron,
My surgery was on the left lateral of my tongue, and originally my ENT had scheduled that surgery plus a ND on the same side, but when he got to the tonge mass the margins were so well defined that he consulted with the RO while I was still under. They decided to opt out on the ND, and just go with radiation. So... where do we go from here? I can only hope that the right decision was made; granted 1/3 of my tongue is gone, and I'm dealing with radiation recuperation, but I was blessed (?) in that I didn't have to have the ND. According to how things pan out in the future I will know whether or not (they) we did the right thing. My follow up PET on the 18th was clear, which was most excellent news, and everything is going as predicted... so, you see, for everyone it's different... you get to chart your own path and share as well. God bless you, and good luck... we are here.