Well....good for you! Being confident in your care is #1 on the list of things needed as one faces such surgery.....and of course #1-A is a qualified surgeon, and in this case, a TEAM of qualified professionals. I am soso relieved that you persevered and got to those who are best equipped to do this complex surgery.

Skin graft....My surgery might not have been quite as complicated as yours, since it did not involve my sinus structures, but I, too, have a skin graft. They were planning to take it from my thigh, but they ended up using a synthetic product, and all went well.

Now...Anytime you are ready to ask more questions, fire away.

I am glad that you got your surgery date moved up. There is absolutely no reason to torture yourself much longer thinkthinkthinking about it.

And I'm glad, too, that you will have the best of screening methods done right before your surgery. Everybody is built differently, and they need to know exactly what they need to do before they begin.

I feel so much better about things for you!!!

Let me help in any way you need. Just holler!

XOX--Colleen


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!