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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF!
Are you having some of the jaw bone removed due to osteoradionecrosis? Thats where the jaw bone is damaged from the radiation treatments. If so, have you been going thru hyperbaric oxygen treatments? Thats where you go into a tank and breathe pressurized oxygen for about 2 hours. This should be done prior to having surgery on your upper jaw bone. Patients who have had radiation should be doing 20 "dives" prior to and 10 after the surgery. Its no big deal, just very time consuming.
Sounds like to me, your surgeon could have to move some tissue from your arm or leg to replace the scar tissue. Dont be surprised if a plastic surgeon isnt involved. The surgery could be a long one and you will probably be in the hospital at least a day or 2 depending on how involved this is.
Wishing you all the best with everything!
ChristineSCC 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  | | |
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