Blue Jay, I had slightly more than half of my tongue replaced with a graft of skin, fat and blood vessels from my forearm, and then they grafted that with skin from my thigh to close off the would. I have had no issues with the grafts, and other than getting used to a different feel in the mouth (there are no nerves in the flap), all is good. The scarring is healing nicely as well

Living in Canada, I tell people I was attacked by a bear...you'd be surprised how many people believe that...