Thanks everyone. Your thoughts, prayers, love, hugs and support are as always welcome. We had preadmission today and I pointed out to the doctor's a hard lump in Steve's jaw that has appeared in the last 2 weeks. So off we go to xray's and opg. Looks like his jaw has indeed broken and the hbo has caused it to calcify (I think that's what they said). Anyway the doctor's are going to have a look at the results and let us know if surgery is still a go ahead for friday or if they need to reschedule to do a more difficult surgery being required. They are thinking that it is now a real possibility of putting a metal plate into his jaw as the break confirms that the jaw bone is dead completely in one section and when they remove this dead bone there will be a gap.

Anyway steve doesn't seem to concerned as always. Nothing seems to phase that man. Wish I could say the same. As always I'm doing enough worrying for both of us. I'm just wondering has anyone had surgery like this before and if so what can we expect when steve comes out of surgery. I've seen things where people have drains etc but I'm not sure if this is something we will be looking at. I'm trying to prepare myself incase Steve looks a bit beat up after surgery. I'm not sure what to expect but I want to make sure he see's a bright happy face when he wakes up, not a worried shocked one. The doctor's originally advised it's just going to be an overnight stay (although this could change now) so for us it's his first major surgery requiring a night in hospital. Really not sure what to expect and don't know if anyone can help but thought it was worth a shot to ask if anyone had been through a similar experience.

Also we met a man doing HBO with Steve who is an Oral cancer survivor of 30 years. He is only now showing signs of osteoradiocrenosis. The gift that keeps giving alright but how awesome is it that he's a 30 year survivor