Ok guys,

I can honestly say that miracles do happen! I had my surgery last Tuesday and now am home and ready to get back to working full time. When the doctors got into my chin they found my jaw was COMPLETELY healed. They were even able to remove the plate that had been inserted from my first surgery. The piece of bone that had decided to stick out of my chin was actually a bone spur that had formed. The docs are still trying to figure out how that one happened....each one of them has a theory and the are all quite amusing. This just goes to show that sometimes what is seen in the CT scans can be misleading.....according to my pre-op scans I had a huge gap in my jaw and it was disintegrating.

Once again, thanks for all of the good thoughts, prayers and positive energy. It really paid off for me.


I survived because I kept hope alive!!! Live, laugh, love and keep fighting hard.
Jeanette
Stage 3 oral cancer...over 60% of tongue and all lymph nodes on right side removed...July 2002.
Chemo and Radiation...ended September 2002.