Thanks guys, hopefully it will all work out ok. I have a plan to get him to do HBO if it's needed. Hopefully I'll be able to put it into action and we can avoid a reconstruction. Gabe I remember this time last year very well. Nothing has changed worse luck, just more damage to his jaw bone. Christine I think the same as you do, it's more than likely his jaw bone took the brunt of the radiation. Even the doctor's think this but just want to rule out the possibility of the cancer being present because it was there to start with. I also don't think they want to put him through a reconstruction without knowing if there is cancer there. Which sounds like a good idea to me. Don't know why this wasn't done a year ago when this issue began. Anyway fingers crossed everything comes back clear and that I can get him to HBO.