Angie, when I began treatment my face mask was so tight that I was a bundle of nerves and anxiety. When I was finished, I would have "tennis racket" marks all over my face for 15 minutes after treatment ended, if not longer. It didn't take long for it to loosen up as I lost weight. Have you told the staff that it is uncomfortably tight? It needs to be tight for the radiation beams to go to the correct area but maybe it's to tight, can't hurt to ask.

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.