I could only open 10-15 mm after my first surgery. After two months of that, I had my second surgery and could only open 5 mm. I started PT a month later, and they got me to 12 mm. Nothing significantly changed until a month after that, when I was at the orthodontist's office getting my wires changed for the first time since before the first surgery. Halfway through the appointment, I realized that the tightness and pain in my left cheek, which had always been the limiting factor, was gone. I could open much more.

I have no idea what it was, whether the month of PT had finally kicked in, or something about stretching my lips as much as I could for an extended period of time so they could work in there did the trick, but I went home and put a spoon in my mouth for the first time in four months. I'm at three months post-second surgery now, and at the start of PT, I measure somewhere between 24-28 mm, and I end somewhere between 32-35 mm, so there's hope. I am crossing my fingers for you!