Anita

That sounds very similar to the dramas that I was having. The gunk was weeping out from the suture line on a small area of the skin under my chin where the small metal plates are screwed in. The skin was so thin over that particular area of the plate and eventually is became exposed. It was only then that they realised it was the screw and that plate causing all the trouble and not the reconstructed bone or anything else.

Once that plate was removed during a very short surgery, everything improved, the weeping stopped and the skin finally knitted perfectly.

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