Hi I was wondering what happened that you had to have so many surgeries concerning your free flap and is it normal to have to have so many surgeries. I am very concerned about all of it and of course the recoup stage. As yet they are pretty certain I will not need radiation but things can change I am finding with a drop of the hat....will continue later huge storm and gotta to get off pc....

Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY