Hope you are feeling better as each day goes by. Mt first flap was also taken from my thigh.
Apologies if you have already answered this in another thread, but I was wondering how/where did the docs access your tongue to do your glossectomy and build your free flap? Was it from around your neck?
Karen
46 yrs: Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0 Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs 30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin, 30 x HBO Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy (hip bone to reconstruct jaw) Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw Mar'09 Debulk flap Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
