 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | Hi Gabs:
Welcome to the family, but sorry you have to be here.
I didn't have the same cancer as you, but mine and I'm pretty sure most others had problems with the mouth not opening to it's original size after surgery or during treatment. In my case my docs said I had to exercise it, ie stretch it as much as I could tolerate as often as I could do it. I'm about 5 months post treatment now and have normal range of motion again.
I found a good time to exercise/stretch the mouth was while driving. Every time I got behind the wheel I just made it a part of the routine.
Hang in there, it's tough, but you will get through it.
Tony
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)
09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good
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