Hi Charm,
Thank you for the insight. The biospy results came back. It is not tongue cancer as we had hoped. Apparently, this is the primary. Jimmy goes tomorrow for a PET. If the cancer has spread to other parts of his body, they will just do the glossectomy to relieve the pain and discomfort in his mouth. If it only shows on the tongue, they will probably do a total neck dissection at the same time they do the glossectomy in hopes to stop spreading.

We have been told this is a major surgery. Our ENT surgeon that removed the infected nodes is not capable of doing this surgery so we have been referred to "specialist." We meet with him next Tuesday. Of course we are very nervous and scared.

I am worried about his ability to eat. He is still having difficulty eating due having all of his teeth pulled, radiation, and some problems with his jaw bones. They removed his feeding tube the end of January. He has been on a "soft food" diet since but was able to maintain his weight. However, over the past month he has begun to lose weight again. I'm afraid removing part of his tongue is just going to make it worse. I want them to put the feeding tube back in, but he is resisting. He hated it and doesn't want it put back in. We'll see what the doctor says on Tuesday.

Thanks again. And I wish you all the best as well.

Hugs, Vickie