OP  "OCF Down Under, Kiwi" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 644 Likes: 1 | Hi:)
This time (surgery in 2 weeks) I guess I'm going to have my right arm in a splint for the free forearm flap. I remember writing up a storm last time when my flap was from the left arm. That's not going to be possible this time.
What's the best way to communicate if left-handed writing doesn't come easily? My smartphone is pretty easy to operate with my left hand but being of the older generation I'm not a natural on the tiny keyboard. I can write laboriously on a whiteboard with my left hand. How do people manage?
1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.
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