Hi Donna,

I'm still dealing with the tighness aound the throat also but it seems not as bad these days. One thing I did start doing in hopes of reducing it was just plain stretching. Looking up, down, left right, etc. Seemed after a while to help.
But it's worse after a meal that requires a lot of chewing.

Neck hard on both sides where it was irradiated, but the side that got nuked first seems to be softening up. Build up of lymphatic fluid on both sides of jaw seem more like the fluid filled sacks you were talking about, so I'm guessing the hardness of the neck is something different altogether. Anyway, docs said it was normal.

Also getting shooting pains, come and goes. Suspect that's just the healing process from the surgery, nerves knitting together. What's strange is the sometimes itching on my neck, and scratching the itch and realizing I can't feel the scratching.

Sounds like your husband and I experiencing a lot of the same things to different degrees. As far as appetite, general feeling, some days are good, some not. For me some foods just don't taste all that good anymore, or are too dry, and that's dissapointing. Who feels like eating when you can't enjoy it.