OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 701 Likes: 1 | Clark is in surgery today (now) to replace the skin flap that was put in last November. The skin had shrunk (is that a word?) thereby revealing the plate and screws. Post rad complication. Radiation: the gift that keeps on giving.
The PS is using a flap from his torso below his arm. It will be big and bulky. We now know that this WILL NOT be the last of surgeries. Debulking will come later. He will be in the hospital for 6 days. There is a possibility that this procedure will correct the stabbing pain when he eats. That would be wonderful.
Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. The waiting is so hard.
Anita (68) CG to husband, Clark, 79, DX SCC 11/07, T4N0Mx, PEG 1/08, RAD, post rad infection 3/08, HBOT 40 dives, ORN, Surg 11/09 mandibulectomy w/fibular graft. Plastic Surg 4/10, 12/10, 3/11, 10/11, 4/12, 10/12. All PETS clear, PEG out 1/11. 6/11 non union jaw fracture Fractured jaw w/surgery 7/14 Aspiration pneumonia 7/21, 10/22 PEG 7/21 Botox injections
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