My husband had a radical neck surgery for tumor in back of his mouth, they took out part of his jaw, little bit of tongue and i think his soft palate and pulled some muscle up from his chest wall to cover the hole that was left. this was a few months ago, he also had mouth cancer 14 years ago and was cancer free until his last diagnosis december 2011. He is having a lot of pain, he was taking roxicet for pain and tried weaning off of that and using tylenol or ibuprofen, but had to go back to taking it. Dr finally suggested pain clinic, they gave him fentanyl patch, he is just getting started on that, but he doesn't feel like it is helping much. Don't know if everyone has this much pain? any helpful ideas?


CG to Joel 1st tumor flr of mouth 1998, 38 rad trmts 2nd tumor back of mouth/throat, rad neck, part remvl of jaw, soft palate rmvl, no chemo or rad, has a peg tube since dec 2011.Frmr smkr 25yrs ago, drinker, worked in HVAC indus 35yrs. 3rd dx on 6/20/12, hospice6/29/12, died July 17, 2012