Colleen, I had exactly this surgery last June.

The leg has been a bit problematic, but not from the removal of the fibula. They propped a cauterizer against my foot at one point during the surgery and inadvertantly activated it. This caused me a full thickness burn on the top of my foot, damaging some tendons and nerves and reducing the level of dorsal flexion of my foot. As a result, climbing stairs is a challenge.

Also, the tissue they took withthe fibula did not perfuse properly on the the table, so they wound up taking tissue from my left forearm instead.

Today, if I don't point it out to you, most don't notice. I eat, and chew normally. My speech is fine, and my tongue functions pretty much normally. The only limitation is my mouth doesn't open as fully as it used to.

Overall, the surgery was pretty straight forward. It is major surgery; I was on the table for 17 hours. I would rather do it again than the radiation....that was much tougher
Wayne