How was everyone’s experience of scarring/fibrosis of the throat/tonsil area? I‘m at the end of week 2 of 7 radiotherapy and 2 of 4 chemo and my jaw is closing by the day! I can see the fibrosis at the back left of my throat where i get the extreme pain and tightness and it’s worrying. I’ve had several different surgeries over the years in my back and the surgeon always commented on the high amount of scar tissue and scarring I produce. Has anyone had really bad trismus? Is it easily reversible?
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