Thank you very much. I've just now spoken with my surgeon's office manager and she told me that typical post-surgery pain management is via nothing more than Tylenol 3, which suggests that the surgery is way more manageable than the radiation was. I ended up on, probably too much, Fentanyl (an alternative to morphine) during and following my radiation treatments. I may have reacted badly to that opioid, and the addictive issues are significant.

Thanks again.

-Seth

47 yr old male non-smoker, social drinker, fit. Jan'10, Stg3 rt tonsil+rt neck SCC, HPV+, rad+chmo Vancouver Cda. 2yr clear Apr'12 London UK. Apr'13 mets recur to lymph btw left lung & aorta, 3x Cisplatin+5FUchemo+20 rad, was all clear but 6-mo PET-CT shows mets to pleura around left lung, participating in St 1 trial of GDC-0980. GDC lost effect and ended July'14, bad atrial fibrillation requiring hospitalisation, start more standard chemo 10 Sep 2014.
Sadly has passed away, notified Jan 2015.