Not sure where to start.
I was diagnosed with oral squamas cell cancer in 2020. Had surgery to remove and do free flap. 2023 it all came back. They performed surgery again with another free flap. Surgery had alot of problems with the free flap. once finished, they did 35 radiation treatments. Finished November 2024. During all this, there was a 1mm area exposing the hardware. That turned into 5.5mm after radiation. 8/5 another surgery to close the exposed area. i've got 1 more week of home IV antibiotics and hopefully this will all be behind me. The antibiotics make me nauseous and the radiation has caused fatigue and no more salivary gland. It is really hard to work. I have been really good about staying active throughout this mess but its getting harder to do. I'm 59, Im a tower crane techniician so lots of weather and climbing involved in my trade. I love what I do and don't want to quit. I guess I'm just wanting to hear some feedback from others to sort of guide me in my future of dealing with this.
I will do my best to provide any info needed on my procedures' also would be interested to know if this may land me on SSDI and wherre or when to begin that.
Thanks for having me!
Mike