Just got off the phone with the scheduler and the surgery will be on Dec 30th, exactly the date I had been scheduled for my prostate treatment (enlarged, not cancer) -- Barb said it will be a ten hour procedure, followed by eight to ten days in hospital (and another round of discussions as to whether they can release me with a trach still in...).

Setting up referral to Gastro-Doc for a useful PEG, not the POS UWMC gave me last time.

Hoping I can talk Dr Haakenslash into removing the hair from the graft before installing -- Really don't want hairs tickling my throat!

Luckily, I still have some plastic flies left.

Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.