Tonge cancer

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Nancy6704
Nancy6704 Member Posts: 3
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

On September 7th, 2018. Had tonge surgery. They cut half of my of my tonge on the right side. And got reconstructed. Now, I am doing some exercise. The pathologist tells that will work, and eventually I will be able to tallk again, clearly. But, I had the feeling that will never happened and I will be talking funny for ever. Please, is any of you in my situation? I would love to know. Thank you so much!

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  • stevenpepe
    stevenpepe Member Posts: 234
    edited September 2018 #2
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    If you had reconstruction,

    If you had reconstruction, you may very well speak normally again. I had about a quarter of my tongue taken on the left side. No reconstruction, it simply healed and fused together. So now my tongue pulls to the left and I cant stick it out much, resulting in altered speech. It's not bad compared to other issues with radiation, but I get by as best as possible. Good luck to you.

  • Nancy6704
    Nancy6704 Member Posts: 3
    edited September 2018 #3
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    stevenpepe said:

    If you had reconstruction,

    If you had reconstruction, you may very well speak normally again. I had about a quarter of my tongue taken on the left side. No reconstruction, it simply healed and fused together. So now my tongue pulls to the left and I cant stick it out much, resulting in altered speech. It's not bad compared to other issues with radiation, but I get by as best as possible. Good luck to you.

    Thank you for taking the time

    to answer me. 

    You gave me hope! 

  • Nancy6704
    Nancy6704 Member Posts: 3
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    I said NO TO RADIATION,

    I was completely scare of what was going to happened to my tonge.  So I just said NO

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