Anaesthetic and post op 25/26/27 Nov
25 November after 4 pm and onwards Anesthetists were fab. First a young guy – registrar? He had one of…
People watching in pre-op
25 November til 4 pm. Transition Lounge. ¾ full. 3 nurses down. Brown paper Xmas decorations of pohutukawa and tui.Says…
It’s been a long time: implant saga 5
I was happy on 13 September when waxy model teeth were placed in my mouth. I knew surgery had to…
Implant Saga part 4 – waxy baseplate
It was with a sense of fatalism that I went to my prosthodontic appointment on Tuesday. It has been 10…
Antero-lateral thigh flap
My third free flap My previous “free flaps” for HNC have been on my forearms but this time I had…
Implants after HNC, Part 3
Up til now it has been so unheard of for a head and neck cancer patient like me to have…
Prevention is best
Head and neck cancer can be so horrible that it became my life’s work in 2014 to support fellow sufferers…
Implants after HNC part 2
Chapter three or four in my implant story and I feel sad. I know people envy me for getting four…
Implants after HNC, part 2a
I am not disappointed or surprised that my wildly hopeful implant abutment procedure has hit some problems. It was always…
Implants after HNC, part 1
This is monumental for me. Where do I begin? Maybe at the start, eight years ago when I lost my…