I'm about 3 months post lateral tongue resection (minor glossectomy according to resident doctor) and I have kept my every six weeks follow up appointments and all has been fine and my tongue is healing well. For the past week though, my tongue has this thick, "inflated", swollen feeling with a little soreness and I have a metalic taste in my mouth. There doesn't seem to be any swelling or inflammation when I look at the area. The feeling of thickness/inflation has been intermittent but for the past two days it seems constant. I am wodering if anyone else who has had a glossectomy has had this type of feeling in their tongue. I am just getting over shingles of the brow area and scalp (just finished Valtrex) so maybe everything is just a little more sensitive. Shingles on right side - same as resection. Any thoughts?

Yvonne I've had the "fat tongue" feeling on and off for almost 30 years now and don't know what causes it. I'm guessing it has something to do with the lymph node removals that I had. Keep an eye on it but I wouldn't lose any sleep at the moment unless you see a significant change that goes and stays in the wrong direction.

Yvonne did they remove your nodes? It's very possible that it's the shingles, drugs or nodes that are an issue. I would give it another week or two at the most and then hit your ENT guy if it doesn't clear - don't wait - at that point. Best of luck!

No nodes removed. I took a book light to my tongue and I have a hard, clear cyst-like bubble that is right along the incision site. It's small in size but sore to the touch. It also looks like the blood vessels on the floor of my mouth are being "pulled" towards it. I put a call in to my doctor and am waiting to hear from the resident on-call. I tend not to be a worrier but today I am worried.

Hopefully it's nothing but getting it looked at is very important. Good luck -fingers and toys crossed for you!