 And by the last time, the third time that it came back, the doctors didn't make any promises of a cure at that point. They gave me about two weeks to get everything in order and put me in the hospital for a nine-hour surgery where they removed two-thirds of my tongue. Also, incision on my neck and arm where they took out my lymph nodes and my submandibular gland, all these. Basically, I was Humpty Dumpty. They took me all apart.