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#26405 05-18-2004 06:26 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 162 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 162 | The only thing I've heard of to help mitigate this is stretching the muscles that were radiated. I'm coming up on six months post-treatment and I can feel the muscles in my neck and jaw trying to tighten up. I stretch these muscles several times a day.
To stretch my jaw: I simply open my mouth as wide as it will and then stick my tongue as far as it will go. Of course, this looks silly, but I don't care.
To stretch my neck: While keeping my mouth closed I look up as far as I can. Then while still looking up, I look to the left and to the right. This is usually painful, but I really don't want to lose any more mobility in my neck.
Hope this helps.
-Brett
Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003. Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.
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