There will be very few who will have gone thru this procedure. The mandibulectomy surgery I had, the one side of my lips were slightly affected. This is something a plastic surgeon can fix. Your husband may need to wait a full year for the procedure to "take". There are tiny blood vessels that are sewn together and the swelling takes a full year to completely go down. Bring this up to the doc. Sometimes they will go back in and do whats called a debridement. Thats where they will scale down the free flap. So if they do go back in again, they can open up his lips a little more. Yes, this can be fixed!


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile