Thanks Gabe and Christine,
I hope that I won't have to have any more Operations either.  I have had enough!   I still haven't met Jeanna as I'm housebound and her husband has been ill, but hopefully we'll get together soon.  Thank you for mentioning me to her as I doubt we would have ever known we were so close otherwise.  I still can't believe that we live so close together.  It would take me no more than 5 minutes to walk to her house and that would be walking slowly!
I go to a Plastic Surgery clinic tomorrow to have my graft and various wounds checked, and then to see the ENT and Speech Therapist on Thursday.  I think I'm doing really well and hopefully they will confirm it.  We have a trip planned for mid May so hopefully I will be talking and well healed by then. I'm almost compulsive now about having something to look forward to and to aim for.
Thanks for your ongoing support.
Sue G