Hi, Gang.
I am another left tonsil cancer guy. Stage 4 and 4 lymph nodes involvement, I went through surgery, radiation and concurrent chemo. Treatment ended Nov 2002, but the recovery process was slow as well as up and down. I think my surgery was quite aggressive, I saw others reported that 20 or 30 lymph nodes were removed during the neck dissection. Then, I went through my operation report noticiing that there were more than 70 nodes removed from my left neck (yes ! one side). I am nor complaining anything, I think this probabally the reason that it took longer for me to recover.