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.