Thanks all my neck has gone down a good bit.but now got little hole on jaw line had a wound vac on it,it pulled the tissue out to front of hole and filled in. But plastic surgeon thinks don't have enough time before radiation for hole to heal. So Wednesday I'll find out if another surgery or not. Guessing yes just some skin grafts,moving around skin on my face. He makes it sound so easy lol. Well I'll let you know how it turned out

Depending on when you start radiation (ideally NOW) and I'm not being facetious - I do mean NOW - 6 weeks is optimal for healing post surgery and based on your dates you should have already started - so - they should get on the rads and chemo asap - anyway depending on when you start it - he's right. It sounds like you have a bit of a fissure of some sort, (did they get clear margins?) these are prone to infection and take time to heal and often need a lot of help - ideally they will do it right away, ask them how long this will delay rads and chemo. It's a tough situation because you don't want to wait for rads and chemo, but at the same time it will be even harder to heal once rads hits it. And not to scare you sometimes the area doesn't heal because there is still cancer present. Push push push. Make noise and tell them enough humming and hawwing. This has to be dealt with now. and a decision needs to be made. Delays can be deadly with this cancer.

Hugs and best of luck.

Yes all margins are clear,see after hospital I went to short term living home. When they was cleaning staples they'd was using cotton wash cloth pulled staple that started hole. I have no infection the hole is healing. I'm just out of time. Plastic surgeon wanted to try wound vac first cause we had little time. Plus being so fresh out of surgery he didn't want to go right back in. If I had more time it would heal,the hole us slowly closing every day. I see him tomorrow I'm betting i gave surgery by end of week. He says I'll be home that night,plus he wants to pad the area up some.looking to start radiation and chemo probably next week

Hope the hole closes soon and that your rads and chemo start on time. What a pity the staple was pulled out.

Wishing you well!

Yay... keep bugging them!! ;o)

Doing my best all new to me. I'm trying only to go thru one time. Don't really like this dance!!!!. But I'm not giving in I just don't want many problems when I start radiation and chemo. Going to be hard enough. What's the old saying patch me up and put me in. I'll find out in a few hrs

Wasamason

Doing your best is all you can do. Good luck with your treatments . The days will fly by and hopefully all this will be in your past.

Best of Luck
Heidi

Ty Heidi. Well I go Monday for ct scan and get fitted for that mask that I read so many great thing about. Won't be long now,few deep breaths and dive in,not ready but will I ever be? Wish me luck I'll try to check in once in a while. With questions lol.

Looks like you are on your way finally! Good luck and hope everything goes exceptionally well with the Tx. Get all your questions ready. When my son started Rad Tx, they allowed me to go with him to show us the room and explained the whole process. They told him he could bring his own music to listen to or they had some they could play, to make the time go by faster. Here is a picture of my son being fitted for the mask:
http://webpages.charter.net/xila/paulrad.jpg