Hi Pete, I wonder why people have flaps made from differing areas of the body? when Harald was admitted yesterday (for surgery today) they HAD said they would just take muscle and soft tissue from the right chest wall, and then they said they may take abdominal muscle to build the flap and "to fill the big whole" that will be left after they remove the tumour. What I dont understand is why, if he is having a hemisubmandibulectomy that a bone is not going back in there, but they said that bone grafts often fail and then it means going back to surgery etc. They said they could do some more facial reconstruction at a later date down the line. What gets me is they are banging on about him not being very fit, but apart from the obvious, he is fit as a fiddle. Im hoping and praying that today will go well for him - I will not be seeing him until tomorrow morning. I think today is going to be a very long day... will try to keep myself busy. Have friends coming over later.

the only part of the histology I know so far from the incisional biopsy is SCC T4?N?M.

I will check in later. Many thanks all.

Judith xxx