@zenren14 I haven’t had the surgery yet. And I’m definitely worried about having it. I have to make the choice of staying where I’m at with everything… speech, swallow, chewing, opening my mouth, etc.. I’m going to go for the surgery likely in January. But my understanding is that they use forearm muscle to replace the tissue in my mouth and then they take tissue from my leg to repair the donor location of my forearm. I’m definitely Full of Anxiety just thinking about basically starting over again but this time the entire process should theoretically go easier because they’re replacing radiated tissue with healthy non radiated tissue.

@zenren14 Yes, both. The forearm went to my mouth and the thigh went to patch my forearm. It worked great for me. ,