OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 55 | Thank you Eric. I am expecting to have some trismus as well as a lot of the radiation will be directed at the back of the jaw area. I am still dealing with it from surgery and stretching it as much as possible. Best wishes and I'm glad to hear you're doing well and happy.
Jeff - 41yrs old/previous smoker SCC buccal mucosa/jaw bone Stage 4 Nov '14 Partial Mandibulectomy with fibula flap, neck dissection Jan '15 Rads x35 Cisplatin x2 Apr '15 PET/CT concerning area Follow up MRI no mass. July '15 PET/CT 11mm nodule in right lower lobe the lung. Oct '15 PET/CT right lung nodule 3cm mass also new left lung nodules Nov '15 erbitux Mar '16 CT tumors are growing again, waiting on next step June'16 hospice had 3 Opdivo infusions trying to regain health
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