range of motion not improving--sept 10/04 surgery

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I haven't posted in quite some time and I'm still struggling with

getting my range of motion to improve. I've been going to physical

therapy since November, started with 13mm opening and I have

improved but not enough. The trouble is with the scar tissue in my

cheeks, not with the joints. My oral surgeon is also a plastic

surgeon and he injected botox into my cheeks to see if there would

be any improvement, there was a little but I can only open to 33mm,

35 with a lot of pulling and I should be at 40mm. Kind of had to

laugh about the botox, I wasn't interested in injecting my wrinkles

but the thought did cross my mind...a little higher please lol. My

ortho removed the back bands on the top and that also helped but

just a little. My ortho had quite a bit of hardware on the inside of

my teeth but that shouldn't affect the opening of my mouth, it

didn't prior to the surgery. I wasn't wired after surgery, just the

splint and bands. Anyone else out there having this trouble? Any

suggestions? Advice? I'm frustrated with the healing process.

Help...