Hi Vicki,
I kind of figured it was silly of me to hope that maybe I would get some type of feeling back in that area. Oh well, I'm pretty used to it now I guess.
When they removed my jaw they replaced it with the small bone from my leg, used muscle, etc to rebuild my gum. My doctor calls it a live transplant, told me it would "become" my new jaw. And that is what has happened. I healed quite well after surgery Vicki, but it was also my first surgery. About 2 and a half weeks out from surgery I was eating many regular foods.......of course radiation took care of that a few weeks later! I haven't had any problems with my legs other then after surgery the most pain I had was in the leg that they took the bone from. The leg they took the bone from gets tired very easily and I can't stand on it for a long time before it gets tired and aches.
Sorry I'm not much help. Did you have chemo?? I didn't have any chemo so that may make a difference.
Take care,
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.