 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Seeing a physical therapist that deals with trismus issues should help. They can do intra and extra oral massage to help improve the opening. They also may apply heat. In the meantime, you might try massaging your face from your chin up towards the top of your head along side of the ears over the saliva glands and back down. This can also help saliva production. Keep up with the therabite and keep swallowing. Find a good PT to speed this along. Insurance should cover.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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