I have been stretching my jaw. It only opens a little more than 2 fingers. I started getting worried after this discomfort started. It does not hurt to open, but when I close my mouth, I have to really bite down to get my right teath to hit after the left side has. It seems like the muscle is swollen a bit. Also when I chew on that side, I feel a tearing sensation at the top of the muscle up on my skull.
I have been massaging it to try and get it to loosen up. I am guessing it is scar tissue from the radiation. I don't get back home for another month, so I won't see my Doc for a while.


Flip
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Age: 54 SCC Tonsil + 3 nodes
Radiation and Carboplatin
Treatment 4/1 - 6/7/2009
No surgery, no PEG
Never smoked
Drink socially (brew my own beer and love wine. A bottle of scotch lasts me a couple of years)
CT 11/4/09 No sign of envolvement in Tonsil or nodes