Minnie,I thank you so very much for all your input and advice..This is my third bout with Cancer. I have had all the radiation that I can ever have, the lifetime dose. Surgery was my last hope. Was you leg sunk in, because mine is, I just cannot believe that it will heal to where it will not be noticable, If I could I would e mail you a picture of my leg to see if you could tell if it looked like yours. The tongue is going to be a major problem,,hum, I guess I will know when I get to that point of all this. But I do thank you so very very much, you have given me some much to look forward to. This trache is not coming out until I can get the musous up my throat and out, kind of hard to do when I can barely open my mouth and my throat is so swollen, not as bad as it was tho..I needed to hear from you this morning,,,Thank you ,,you are my angel . Always, Vicki Lynn