|   "OCF Down Under" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) 
 Joined:  Aug 2007 Posts: 1,301 |  Dear Christine,Wishing you all the very best from another forearm free flapper.
 Mine also took very well even though they have been nibbling away at the edges for a few years now to get it right.
 The wrist healed very quickly as well as the skin graft from my thigh to cover it.
 Still looks like a shark bite though!!
 Using a bed pan was something I could not master. Even with my OC unrelated operation last month they kept the bag connected until I could make it to the bathroom...I think about you daily and look forward to hearing from you soon.
 Love
 Gabriele
 
   History Leukoplakia bx 8/2006 SCC floor mouth T3N0M0- Verrucous Carcinoma.
 14 hour 0p SCC-Right ND/excision/marginal mandibulectomy 9/2006, 4 teeth removed, flap from wrist, trach-ng 6 days- no chemo/rad.
 6 ops and debulking (flap/tongue join) + bx's 2006-2012.
 bx Jan 2012 Hyperkeratosis-Epithelial Dysplasia
 24cm GIST tumour removed 8/2013. Indefinite Oral Chemo.
 
 1/31/16  passed away peacefully surrounded by family
 
 
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