My "turkey wattle" is fairly small (most people don't seem to notice it). I think it's because my neck dissection had the effect of tightening up the skin under my jaw - kind of compensating, I guess. One of the hidden benefits of surgery?!

Cathy


Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989