Hi, I looked at your post and thought there is a lucky woman. Your jaw flap took! I had stage iv Cancer coming up 3 years in my right jaw. They removed it and the flap failed 10 days later. Do not let that scare you, yours is good to go, if they fail it early . I now have a titanium bar for a jaw bone. It works well, I can eat and talk quite well. I have had 9 surgeries and I have an appointment 8/12 to set up some plastic surgery to make the chin area look more natural. You did really great with your surgery. My Doctor told me about the same thing yours did. If you read some of the back posts you will see a lot of long term survivors with late stage cancers.Everyone who has had Cancer always has it in the back of their mind that their may be a return, but you cannot let it rule your life, enjoy your family and take one day at a time!