Nelie,
I am so glad that you are making progress!!! Remember I am about 3 weeks ahead of you as far as finishing the Chemo/radiation. There is HOPE!!!

Now onto another issue... opening our mouths wide. I didn't realize I had a problem until you posted about only opening wide enough to get two fingers in and you are suppose to get three. I could just barely get two in!!! I mentioned this to my ENT and he was so funny. Once I showed him how far I could open my mouth he could stop opening his wide. He did this about 6 times and told me of an exercise to try to fix it.

Take some tongue depressors (amt stacked to the size of mouth opening) and wrap them together with rubber bands. Put in mouth twice a day. Each day add a depressor. Do this until mouth opens as wide as I want.

I going to start this tomarrow as I left the depressors at work.

Hang in there we are getting better!!!
Take Care
Love
Terry

PS Thanks for the congratulations!!