Hi,

I am so happy to have found a place where I can talk to others. My mom was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in her jaw 2 months ago. 3 weeks ago she had a 14 hr surgery to remove & reconstruct 1/2 of her jaw as well as the lymph nodes in her neck. They used her tibula bone to reconstruct the jaw. She is struggling physically b/c she is unable to walk and has a feeding tube so her mouth can heal but also mentally she is having a hard time. It is my understanding that her case is pretty extreme so if there is anyone who has or is experiencing the same thing I'm wondering about her recovery and what we can expect. We have a follow up dr. appt Mon and it just occurred to me after registering that they never gave us a stage so I'll ask then. Thanks!