I wonder what made boarding that plane so important to her? I wish I knew the language and could understand what she is saying.

So you might clicker train and mouth sound train the pack now? I would imagine that they can be trained to do the same thing to two different sounds or commands? Similar to me training the dogs with a voice and a hand command.

I am glad to hear that you are already feeling benefits from the therapy. I would imagine it is tiring though. I know that mine is. I have started reading out loud to the dogs to try to improve my speech. I notice that my mouth, chin and neck get tired if I read several paragraphs at a time. Tonight I am experiencing some numbness in my bottom lip and chin. I know that most of those nerves have been cut twice now with the dissection and the free flap operation. I guess that is where the numbness comes from.

Patty


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SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06
9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx
35 rad 2006
Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin
Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula
35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08
4/15/09 recurrence
6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace