Malka, I wrote you a long note here......dunno what happened to it....You'll have angiogram first, to determine whether or not your circulation is good enough to support the tissue after it is transferred, and, I suppose, to be sure that the donor site will heal also....Then they will do, I think, a CT from which a fancy acrylic 3-D mold will be made to show every single bone in your head. The fibular graft seems to be the "gold standard" and for the mandible, the best choice of procedures. I know that you are in good hands down there is N.O. I'll keep track of you here, and I would always enjoy hearing from you by email. When do you plan to begin this process? I think that you'll be soso glad you did it, after that initial yukky period of recovery. You go, girl! Good for you! ....It's a brave, but realistic decision.

XOX

Last edited by August; 10-17-2008 09:54 PM.
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!