Hi everybody,

Mostly doing well 11 months since primary radiation/chemo treatment and 7 months since limited right-side neck dissection.

Recently I've been having my neck muscles on both sides spasm and contract occasionally, and I'm wondering if anyone here has been through a similar experience? If I tip my head down and to one side, or stand up and stretch, occasionally the long muscles running basically from ear to collarbone clench. It's moderately painful.

Considering I only had the limited neck dissection on one side, but this cramping is happening on both sides (although perhaps more intensely on the right) I wonder if this could somehow be a late side-effect of radiation? My radiation was more focussed on the right, but they did zap the left as well just in case.

It's not a huge problem, but it's just one more strange little thing to worry about. Oh, and I've not been as good lately about doing the neck stretching they told me to do post surgery, but again, both sides?

Any thoughts?

Cheers,

-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.