Hey all....sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Things have been pretty hectic with me. I went to have my first PET scan after my surgery and rads, and it came up with something now on the opposite side of my neck where i had the previous surgery and something near my lungs but not in my lungs. It may be cancer It may not be...no one has answers for me, but I did land in the ER a week ago due to a growth on my right neck. Turned out to be an infection. It ruptured through my scar from my neck discection and A LOT came out. Turns out it was an infection that was brewing in there since June. I was put on 2 hrs worth of there strongest IV antibiotics and released, i had a follow up visit with my doc and they are going to watch it closely. They said it MAY be what came up on the pet scan and the CT scan with contrast that i had both done when that infection was at its worst. I have some nodes bothering me on the opposite side of my surgery still and like to think that is the infection doing that and not cancer. We will see. I have another Ct with contrast scan in a couple weeks. As for the trismus....well that has been a fun battle in itself too. I have been told to keep biting down on tongue depressors and i have. It has been opening a bit more...slowly but getting there, can eat some things and not just on that disgusting carnation anymore. Hoping to get it back to normal by xmas. We will see. Will post more as time comes.