Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Wayne, I'm curious as to who told you that drooping of the lip from this surgery is generally the fault of a hasty surgeon? I've seen pictures of and met a few people that had the same surgery as mine, and they all have the drooping issues. It takes a couple years for it to become noticable for most and the severity of it differs, but none got by without some changes. Until I met these people and read more on it, I thought my lip damage was the way it was because a nerve had to be removed because the cancer had begun to track it..............but with research I found out it's a pretty common side effect. Just interested to know if there is some new research out on this? Thanks, Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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