Debbie....did you have radiation as part of your treatment? My heart aches for you as you endure pain, and uncertainty and fear. I can hear the fear in your voice, but it sounds like you are coping well. I don't know that I would be taking this as well as you are. Keep writing. I'm learning lots, though our specific situations are different.

I do think that the leg bone (the fibula) is less likely to be rejected for some reason.....better blood supply, probably.....and the upper jaw is MUCH easier to work with, since it doesn't move, and since there are lots of bones up there to use for support.

It is, however, awfully nice to be all healed up......and well healed, thankfully....so it is difficult to think of going back into surgery and disrupting this good result.

I have a lot of thinking to do. Keep writing! Thanks.XO


Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!