Deb,
The only thing I can say is that sometimes my neck will get really warm and feel hot to the touch, only the side that had surgery as well. The rest of me can be cool, even cold, so that it is really an uncomfortable situation. Sometimes I think it is partly nerves, as in being tense. I work on my relaxation, then it gets better.

I did not get red with radiation until the last week and a half. The rest of the symptoms I am not familiar with, although at times I think the surgical side has lumps and bumps, it is really just my carotid and other structures when I check it out. There are lots of little zings of pain from time to time, randomly.

Hoping the best for you,
Anne