May patients will have what we call a "waddle" or a "turkey waddle" after undergoing the neck dissection and other treatments for OC. Its perfectly normal. You probably have some residual swelling there. In time it will go down a little but it probably will not completely disappear.

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Thank you all. I will do that christine, soon. Also, I helped my soon clean my pool filter, I almost passed out 2 times. Heart racing, I had to sit down 2 times. One thing, I quit all pain meds last week. Since then I have been going through major withdrawal. Im on day 7 no pain meds... it is and was bad.. is that all withdrawal problems too.

At the levels you were at, you should be past the withdrawal stage. About the only thing they would have prescribed would be benzodiazepines but that would have been for the first few days. Try drinking a lot of water and do some exercise like walking and running. Eat well. Rest. The only other options are rehab and you certainly are doing well enough overall that I wouldn't think that was be necessary. If you have any atavan or valium, that would take the edge off.

I am curious if your doctor was involved in your decision to stop the pain meds. They could have made it much easier by keeping a patch on a couple extra days and then going to 25 mcg/hr and going 5-7 days and you would have been done. I did almost what you did with 150 mcg/hr but i also spread it out over 2 weeks.

Your legs should be about the only thing bothering you. If it is worse than that, contact your doctor.

You sound like you may have gotten dehydrated. Do you check your blood pressure at home? That may be something you want to do in the future. It can sneak up, especially after treatment.

Thank you. Im better now. It may have been the heat, I have not done much since april. I did call my doctor, told me its all due to withdrawal and recovery. I just ate 1/2 burger and mashed potatoes. My neck still bothers me, sore and stiff by my adams apple. Not as bad since I moved around some today... im talking and eating by mouth pretty good, only 5 weeks out of treatments. I suppose I should be happy....u

oh yea , my legs are weak. I could not move last week.

Water is your new best friend. Drink a little extra till you get past the withdrawal stuff. You're really doing amazingly well at this point. Keep it up!

Thank you. I noticed I have lumps, or tissue on both cheeks inside of mouth .. this started since I am eating with mouth. They are in back, where I have no teeth. I think the spaces in my mouth could be causing this.

Any one else get bumps on inside of cheeks, back by molars? They showed up once I started to eat.. thanks

I had, have that, but not sure if it's the same as yours. Mine is caused by a combination of things, thickening of cheek from fibrosis, biting of gum, rubbing of sharp molar, and then sometimes abscesses, probably after getting infected. Sometimes teeth can be filed down by the dentist, if so is the cause, rinsing mouth with salted warm water, brushing after eating, to reduce chance of infection or further infection or a round of antibiotics if the doctor believes it is necessary. This has been ongoing for a few years, which is finally going to be able to be addressed by teeth extractions The required HBOT has also helped.

I hope this helps.

Thank you. Funny thing is , my back teeth were pulled. But I do chew my food back there, try anyways. There is no pain. Sometimes there is white on them, but that comes off. Could I be biting the sides of mouth while eating? Ty

Could be thrush, candida, which white plaque can be scraped off, or a co-combination with other conditions. Thrush is quite common, during, and even after treatment, which may need antifungals to properly treat. It's best to tell your doctor, and see what they say.