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Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 440 | WOW Richard, you are recovering great after such a big surgery. I too had a mandibulectomy but only lost 2 teeth so not a semi. Once you are given the clear try to eat and drink often to rebuild that muscle. Although it took me nearly 2 years, I can now eat fairly normal meals again.
Best of luck!
Dx 3/27/09 @ 28 years old with High Grade MEC T4N2M0
Elizabeth, 33, mother of 3 girls (4,7, &8yrs old)
3 rds of chemo(Carbo/Taxol)
Rt Mandibulectomy, rt fibular flap,& rt ND with trach, picc,& g-tube.
30 rds of rads with weekly cisplatin
SCANS ALL CLEAR!
OCF Regional Coordinator of San Antonio Walk
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