I am so glad that your sister is there, you will need her help. It would be great if she could stay in the hospital with you in the innitial days of your recovery. Especially at night when there is a little less staff and you might need help for basic comforts so you can sleep.

Ask your doctor/ surgeon exactly what the surgical plan is. You must ask if they will do "frozen sections"! All cancer surgeries of soft tissue need to be done with frozen sections. This means the surgeon team is freezing all that they remove so they can test it part by part during the surgery. This way they know when they have removed all the cancer plus "over 1cm" of clear margin.
Thinking of you

husband 61@diagnosis painter
6/9/13 Exophylic invasive SCC IV(ext.gingivobuccal) 3cm+ mandibular/lytic/erosion, jugular/node9mmshort-axis
17/9/13 Dx(moderately aggressive)
24/10/13 left madiblectomy, mod radical neck disct, leg flap, NGtube
2/01/14 (30 tx)rads 60gy
N2b (2nodes under jaw) (rem. in tiny nerves) (rem. 30 nodes)
Clear margin, close 2mm inner cheek
15/05/14 cellulitis
3/12/14 Chest CT Clear
27/02/15 cellulitis
8/6/15 cellulitis
10/6/15 Osteomyelitis