Anne, thanks for clarifying things for me. When you have time, please add some info for a signature. It helps make it easier to get to know you and also to answer your questions. Its located under the 'my stuff' tab, then profile. Scroll to the bottom and type what you want in the box. Dont worry about medical terms or anything technical, write what you feel is important.

Your husband must be in intense pain. Im surprised he isnt on the fentanyl patch. Its easier to use, only change it every 3 days and it gives a steady amount of medication. Then he could use the oxycodone for any breakthru pain. Ask his doc about this.

The surgery you described is how mine was supposed to go. With using a tiny amount of muscle/skin taken from my wrist area. Unfortunately, my first operation failed and had to be redone. It sounds like this shouldnt be happening with what the surgeon has planned for your husband. He is really is very fortunate with this operation. Im sure he probably cant see how lucky he is due to being in so much pain, but he really is very very lucky. It seems like he should be home and recovering in no time. It sounds like his doctors are on the ball and on top of everything. I might have to take a trip to FL to see this doc.

Ive done a total of 125 HBO on 3 seperate times between April 2008 and Feb 2010. They helped me so much. Sorry that it was too late for it to work for your husband.

I wish the best of luck to your husband with this.