|   "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) 
 Joined:  Apr 2006 Posts: 794 |  Shar...lip weakness.....Mine was weak too, and it made me so sad, bec. I love to smile and I was disappointed about the lip.  My dr. said it would definitely come back...to be patient..and do you know what?  It did!  slowly, without my noticing it. Be patient.  I also did lots of lip exercises and fish lip shapes, trying to stimulate it. I have no idea at all if that helped or not.  It is normal now, exc. for the slightest bit of weakness when I try to make a monster face, which is not a necessary part of life.   Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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