Hi Pepper, and welcome to OCF from your fellow-North Carolinians in Montgomery County! If you will 'click' on my username (emmylou1951) you will be allowed to read every question and answer I've posted these past few months. You will find a miriad of information just by reading these, as well as others here who have recent personal experience with IMRT to the neck.
Buzz' surgeon is Chris Sullivan at Baptist in Winston. (see 'signature' line for more info) Where are you treating?
You've come to the right place! OCF has truly been a life saver for many of us!

Lois & Buzz (in Troy, NC)

CG to 77 y/o hubby;SCC Alveolar Ridge; Wake Forest Baptist Hosp surgery: 07/19/07; bi mod radical resection/jaw replacement;
T2 N2-B M0 Stage IV-A
28 IMRT +
6 Paclitaxel/Carboplatin
Getting stronger every day!