Sometimes we don't even notice the symptoms -- I did not realize I had a jaw opening restriction because I wasn't eating anything very large -- It wasn't until I tried to take a bite of an apple that it dawned on me!

BTW, the apple tasted terrible... Two and one half years out, I still don't taste sweet stuf very well (losing the front half of my original tongue didn't help that, of course).

Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.