Glad to hear that you are healing well and back to work full time! As to the pain on the contra lateral side of your neck- you may very well have been holding your head a little differently due to the discomfort on the left side from surgery. I am a massage therapist and have witnessed this from people who have injured themselves in sports or have recently had surgery. I also experienced something similar after my surgery and was able to ease it with self-massage. Do tell your doc about it, though.

Best of luck!




Catherine, SCC floor of mouth DX 2010,unclear margins, PET scan clear, no chemo or rad,biopsy in 9/2010, 2nd excision 10/2010 didn't get all carcinoma in situ; partial gloss & excis. right floor 2/2/2011 margins clear. Part.gloss-10/5/2011 sev dys clean marg. HPV neg. Don't smoke or drink. SCC floor of mouth left side 4/2016. Dysp excis. rt palate 7/2017 Part gloss sev dys lat marg 2/2019 Part gloss free flap rt neck disc 5/2020 Part gloss bilat neck disc 7/2020 33 rad 3 cis.