Hi @rkaspet It's horrible being in that limbo before a diagnosis and a treatment plan. But you will be in good hands. I've had tongue cancer starting with an ulcer on the side of my tongue. This was in the part of the tongue you can see, the oral tongue. Most of us have a partial glossectomy where part of the tongue is removed and replaced with tissue from the forearm. The remaining tongue can make this so called flap move so that we can talk and eat okay. It works very well. It's often followed by radiotherapy.
If the cancer is further back on the base of the tongue which you can't see, the treatment is chemo and radiation and this is a hard treatment but works well too.

I’m 6 years out. Yes you have options! I had stage IV base of tongue which spread to my neck and lymph nodes.
I had too much for surgery as they would have had to remove my tongue etc.
I was told they had 1 shot to kill it which meant hitting me as hard as they could with chemo and radiation. My chemo Dr told me they was going “old school” on me and that I wouldn’t like them very well, lol.
Though I was forced to go on disability, I am still alive!