My brother's doctor gave me PET scan results today for Mikey and told me his jaw has dead bone too and that all of his teeth have to come out and that unless he stops smoking he will not be eligible for bone replacement surgery (even though his PET showed him to be cancer feee). I know he is in a great deal of pain too from his jaw. He also can't get any doctor's to prescribe pain meds. All the addicts have easy access to prescription meds (or so it would seem from the news) but cancer survivors can't get pain relief. It is a terrible thing that cancer patients suffer because of drug abuse by the general public. Mikey is bascially on mostly liquid diet as he can hardly chew. His weight is way down but he hardly ever misses a days work. I don't know how he does it. I am trying to support him and hoping he can get the needed surgery.