Welcome, Lucifen, to the place no one wants to be. I also have had tongue cancer with an upper neck dissection on just the left side. I don't have any before & after pictures to show you, but I can tell you that 7 months post surgery the biggest visual change to my face is swelling around my jawline and under my chin, the latter being from lymphedema, not the surgery. My incision was very neatly done and closed by the reconstructive surgeon and quite honestly, it hardly shows at all. The area is still quite numb but friends that haven't seen me since before my surgery say they don't notice any difference in my overall appearance.

- Margaret

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