Dr Haakenslash told me that they try to err on the side of too much flap tissue than too little because it's much easier to take the excess away than to add more.

I am curious what they will now do with the area of my oral tongue where the flap partially failed, due to inadequate circulation, once all the tissues have granulated, presuming it doesn't fill completely in by itself (being thigh tissue, how would it know when to stop?).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granulation_tissue

I sure do have a lot of neck scarring from the incisions; two sets in front and a new set on the side to reach BOT.

BTW, one of the objectives of my previous lymphedema massage was to move fluids, but the other was to "mobilize" the neck scarring from the surgery and radiation so my head can move more freely up-down and side-side.