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Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 97 | Hi Nelie-
I had pretty bad trismus after my surgery(tumor removed from underneath my jaw). I did see a few different doctors to see what they recommended. One of them was an oral surgeon (not connected to my cancer docs at all, I met him through my dentist), and I was surprised that he seemed to know a lot about trismus. It was about 4 months past my surgery/radiation and my mouth was 20 mm(about 1.5 fingers, ok for eating but tough for dental work), this is after 4 months of using the Therabite device 10 times a day.
He said I basically had three options (in order of
Age 36. Four years of fighting Stage 4 Skull Base Cancer
Can't even fit it in the signature line. I've tried it all! 5 surgeries, IMRT, cyberknife, cisplatin, erbitux, AIM, taxotere, carboplatin.
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