Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 113 | The first ENT dr we went to ran a scope down jim's nose/throat and everything looked good, but his tongue was tethered down causing his speech to slur and it was hard to eat...the first ENT dr. sent us to Pittsburgh as the scan showed something was going on. What did the doctors say it was ? It's not normal to have those symptoms and noone giving you a diagnosis. It may not be cancer at all, but it is still something...Keep us posted. Claudia
Husband 2/3 tongue removed March 2008. Free flap. . Stage IV. Radiation and 3 chemo's (cisplatin,taxol & erbitux). .Pet scan Aug 08 showed mets to lungs .Oct 08, recurrence. - In the arms of Jesus, July 15, 2009
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