Danny, best of luck, I'm sure you'll come through it fine. Despite having to have an emergency trache and its attendant problems I found the surgery more or less a walk in the park compared to RT. Since I had the dissection first I had an advantage as to healing skin and so forth, so that's definitely something to consider. But all in all within a month or 6 weeks post-op I was feeling pretty good and ready to tackle radiation! (or anything else more or less)

Keep us posted.

David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18