Thanks everyone. Fortunately I dodged the radiation bullet for now. Clean margins and no Met in lymph nodes makes me fel very lucky. The "hair" challenge is that the flap was part of my beard and is quite coarse and bothersome. I have a followup on March 1 so I will let you know how that turns out.


Craig
Male Real Estate Broker 57
Dx SCC 12/17/2010
Hemi-glossectomy and Selective ND 1/21/2011 T2N0
Submental island flap
NG out 1/25/2011
ND Pathology 34 nodes out, all benign
Non Smoker since 1984 moderate alcohol consumption