At one stage when I asked for an idea how long something was going to take I got �how long's a piece of string"! A bit cruel but all through the healing process it is rare for someone to give you an exact answer. For one thing every one is different and heals differently. Also if you were given a time that was not correct the surgeons and doctors know this could get thrown right back at them and you would also be very disappointed. Any time I enquired I was always given an offhand response. Thing is sometimes it was many days when something came good and I did not even notice exactly when that happened..like the shoulder where I could not lift my arm above my head to wash my hair. One day I realised it had been OK for the last 4 showers wink

History Leukoplakia bx 8/2006 SCC floor mouth T3N0M0- Verrucous Carcinoma.
14 hour 0p SCC-Right ND/excision/marginal mandibulectomy 9/2006, 4 teeth removed, flap from wrist, trach-ng 6 days- no chemo/rad.
6 ops and debulking (flap/tongue join) + bx's 2006-2012.
bx Jan 2012 Hyperkeratosis-Epithelial Dysplasia
24cm GIST tumour removed 8/2013. Indefinite Oral Chemo.

1/31/16 passed away peacefully surrounded by family