Hi Malka

In April this year I had nearly all of my mandible replaced and rebuilt with bone from my hip and a tongue flap reconstruction and was in hospital for nearly 3 weeks.

My home is one level, but I was also told where possible to keep away from stairs early after the surgery - not long after though I had no problems with stairs at all.

In my situation they also managed to save the nerves to my mouth that can be extremely difficult to keep in intact and not damage (not sure what all the technical terms are) so I was fortunate enough not to lose any feeling and movement at the side of my mouth and in my lips.


I sincerely hope that everything goes well and you have a super speedy recovery.

Thinking of you

Karen