Thanks for the responses : )

David, I'm being treated at Dana-Farber in Boston and never used tobacco. The eating thing is still a little difficult with my new tongue, but the good news is I'm already about 50 pounds overweight, so I'm ahead of the curve on that.

I talked to nutritionists and swallow therapists before I left the hospital, so I'm eating as best as can for now. Each day its gets a little bit better.

Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018