 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hello Hacklene,
I had the same surgery you had two years ago. I was told by my doctors that THE reason they replaced my jaw with bone from my leg was so that I COULD have implants. I am in the process of getting all that set up now, taking longer then expected as it's tough to schedule so much "down time" with my family and very busy life. I did 30 dives of Hyperbaric Oxygen to prepare for the tooth extraction (I still have teeth on my lower right side, which is still my original jaw). So, get a second opinion as it IS possible to have the implants.
Tell me more about your surgery, etc. I like hearing from others that had the same surgery as myself.
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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