Donna, you must be on a complete roller-coaster of emotion!
If bad, I can take 1200mg Advil a day, on top of other pain meds.
I do know how frightening a swollen jaw looks--at it's worst, I had a huge bag of fluid both under and over my eye and could barely see, and the pain searing through to the skin made it agony to even wash my face. My school kids were backing off in fright.

Well done for sending that email and ringing the RO--you need some professional help with this one or you're gonna have a grim weekend.

Heaven knows how you carers keep going through all these months of high tension that is apart from the 'day to day practicalities' of sorting meds, visitors, appointments etc.
You deserve a medal as big as a dustbin lid, don't be afraid to cry when you need to and there's ALWAYS someone here to vent to!

Love Brenda x


Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4
6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine
therapy September 07
Now dying to live!