OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | Well Jim I guess I will just have to put on my cape and tights and become some sort of swollen super head...I guess because other surgeries I have had have relatively returned to normal fairly quickly...all my teeth removed and the biopsy but my mouth doesn't even look like a mouth well my gums anyway the tongue looks real good and can even move it around really well even stuck it out at my daughter just to make her laugh.. I can't say that I am looking forward to biting into a big juicy steak cause I don't like them but to get my teeth back in I guess I am gonna have to have the bottoms altered a wee bit if in fact I will be able to wear them at all... I must admit my doctor and his team did do a fantastic job but like I said guess a little anxious and should be realistic and understand this wasn't a biopsy and not just teeth being pulled...this is actually really hard to wrap my mind around the fact that my arm is now in my mouth...amazing what can be done the color looks weird too...but it is all working well go back to doctor in 6 weeks...really have to concentrate on some of these queries...I am still really afraid of reoccurance and still fighting with the one day at a time choosing not to smoke and still winning...
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
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