Hello All,,

It's been a month since the end of chemo and radiation. The mucositis is still bad but lessening.

I have the entire inside of my mandible filled with a tumor underneath and including my tongue. The bottom of the tumor curls around the endge of my mandible around the bone. I have a small pain just below my right clavicle...I'm worried it could have spread down there.

I'm told by my ENT that surgery is my last option and I have an appointment with one of the best oral surgical oncologists in Utah.

generally, if there is just a small spread out of the original site, like down my neck to my clavicle, will they attempt the operation?

Also, at what point is your mandible bone in trouble? Will they attempt to liberate the bone from any cancer encasing it? I really just need somsone who'se had this operation before. I'm scared either way...