It's an ordeal, isn't it? Did you have a trache? What did they actually do?

I had the forearm flap from my right arm too and found it devilishly hard in the toileting department:) One day when I walked down the corridor with my arm in a cast and stitches in my chin another patient looked at me and said, You've been in the wars!

I'm so pleased you are back home safely.

Best wishes
Maureen

1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.