Oh yeah, I've got trimus and had it since treatment ended. I don't do anything for it, but massage and stretch those muscles. I think the rad takes nice elastic tissue and turns it into shoe leather.

I've also got a significant hearing loss in one ear, and it feels plugged all the time, like it's full of water. My ENT says 'it's because you've been radiated', but that's no longer an acceptable answer.

dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.