Hi All!

Long time, no talk. Dad's been doing well. It's been 5 years since his recurring cancer. Now, however, his hardware has started to come through his chin. Our surgeon tells us this is quite common when someone lives this long after having their mandibulectomy. They say he can either have surgery to have it removed, which will take about two hours and has the risk of damaging some nerves, or leave it poking out and take antibiotics every time it starts to get infected. Apparently some folks opt for the latter.

Did any of you experience this? Any thoughts? This will be dad's 4th surgery related to his oral cancer.

Dad was diagnosed 2/28/18 w Stage 4, N0 Verrucous carcinoma (VC) an uncommon variant of SSC
Mandibulectomy and free-flap reconstruction 5/30/18
Diagnosis changed to SSC.
Began treatment of 30 rads and 5 Cisplatin Cycles on 7/18/18
Decided not to do any more Cisplatin after the first one.
Finished treatment on 8/31/18.
3.19 Abscess & Recurrence wide mouth resection
4.16.19 Scapular Flap Reconstruction surgery
9.6.19 Clear CT!
8.6.20 Clear CT!