yeah i do exercises for jaw opening - they have been helpfulo with suggestions for that and warned me (not surgeon but prosthesis guy)

when your ear stopped up was this directly after surgery? because mine was fine from AUG to OCT then it started it when I started eating more foods which required chewing ... this is why i figure tmj not surgery but maybe that is incorrect if yours took a while to act up too? in my cheek i can tell there is some nerve damage because it feels a little numb ... not bad but a weird feel to it which you can tell is nerves not awake right but the ear i am not so sure ...

thanks