Hi TRT,

I just had the "Free Flap" done on Feb. 13th to replace partial of my soft palate.What they did was take a several layer deep skin graft from the underside of my wrist, including blood supply. They then grafted this to my soft palate area as well as (I think) the back of my esophogus.
They then grafted a layer from my thigh which they used to graft on my inside wrist from which they got the original graft.

So far can swallow pretty well, speech sounds about the same. He did nick the nerve to my tongue, so right now my speec is a little slurred, but will go away.

Hope this helps. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know.

Jon