First, let me apologize for the cross post.

I'm looking for someone who has experience with masticatory muscle myositis,
a.k.a. MMM. My mother's Standard Poodle, who is about 11mo, was recently
diagnosed with MMM testing positive in a CBC and 2M anti-body. My mother
recognized he was having difficulty perhaps a week ago when he seemed
reluctant to eat or play fetch and was very unhappy in general. She thinks
she might recall some related problems earlier on (perhaps a week to 10days)
but I cannot recall the exact problem. The veterinarian had difficulty
opening his jaws when anesthetized.

There does not seem to be a lot of information on the Internet about it.
What I've read indicates if caught early, prognosis is good, but what is
"early"? How can one tell advanced the disease is?

Has anyone been through this? My mother had a very difficult time getting
her vet to listen to her, or even do the tests at all. Public and private
response welcome. Unmung the email address first if private. (andrea dot
stone two at verizon dot net)

Thanks,

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