Sone,

On the mouth stretching question...do you have a speech/swallow expert on your team? Sometimes the radiation can cause trismus...which will keep your mouth from opening. A healthy mouth opening should allow you to fit 4 fingers sideways into your mouth. If you can't do that, you will need to do exercises daily.

My husband was given an RX for the Therabite system and did very simple exercises with that. Other folks are given mouth exercises guidelines that do not require any special equipment.

I'm glad you are keeping up with your treatments...we are all so proud of you. From caregivers to patients, we can all relate to how hard it is to walk into the hospital day after day.

Keep on keeping on! We're happy to see you posting daily!!