Vicki, it may not be swelling as much as it is drainage issues. I had surgery to help my "puffy" look and it's much better, but I still have an area where my new jawbone is that is larger then the other side of my jaw.
Also, the flap (i think that's what it's called??) that the doctors did is larger then it probably needed to be. While the shape of my "new" jaw is pretty darn close it almost looks like my doctors put "to much" in the other side to replace my lost jawbone. I am going to have just one more surgery to take care of that and then I will be done.
Hope this helps and I sent you a private message also.
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.