Im very sorry to hear you are having issues with healing slowly after your surgery. Many of us have been thru that too. If you are concerned about the sore in your mouth... get it checked. Any sore inside your mouth for more than 2 or 3 weeks that does not resolve itself in that timeframe should be checked by a professional. That said, it must be bothering you or you wouldnt have written about it. You do not need to only see your surgeon for check ups, I suggest seeking out an ENT who specializes in treating OC patients. A biopsy will tell you exactly what that non-healing sore is, then you'll know if it needs to be removed. If you are not feeling like your surgeon is addressing all your concerns you might want to seek out another doc to get checked out. It cant hurt to have a second set of eyes making sure you are ok.

To help speed your healing you may want to try increasing your protein intake. A diet high in protein will help with your recovery. You should make sure its ok or if you have other things going on that increased protein would not help with. If I were you I'd check in with my family doc to find out why your sores take so long to heal, and ask about increasing your protein intake. I also suggest asking about the best way to increase your protein. There are many things out there like high protein whey powder, protein shots, hi protein smoothies, eating more meat or peanut butter, etc. To me 6 weeks to heal your lip sounds like a very long time for someone who has not had radiation for OC. Patients who get radiation have problems with very slow healing. I would expect to hear about the 6 weeks from someone who went thru rads.

Best wishes with your continued recovery.



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