Thanks. I've got some lidocaine which is great before I clean my teeth but it's the trismus (I think) that causes the jaw ache with the tongue bite sticking out and being dragged down by the tight mask - even though there's a hole for it. I wondered if anyone else had had this during radiation but maybe it's peculiar to me. they had to make me a customised bite because my tongue is so strange now:)

1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.