Thanks ladies!
christine- I have a picc line in place. My hubby comes with me and becomes my secretary!!LOL Although its hard for him b/c he doesn't get the medical lingo and writes some off the wall stuff!!LOL I have been stretching my jaw for the trismus but I have noticed it getting worse, I tried to eat a tootsie pop and it wouldn't fit inside my mouth. I meet with a therapist tomorrow for some exercises and I believe they should fit me for some machine to do some stretching exercises.

leslie- I'm off to search for those posts! thxs!

kate - I looked up my first ct scan and it said this " lies along medial aspect of mandibular ramus" but then says "no gross bony invasion" so I guess its just on top of the jawbone and not through it, he may be just wanting to take the bone just in case, for clear margins??? but then wouldn't radiation take care of any microscopic cells that may have been left behind??