Welcome to OCF, Pepper. Glad you have found this forum which is full of survivors and great info.

Many neck dissection patients have the limited range of motion problems, myself included. For me its my left side which is the bad one. This is something that can improve with physical therapy.

Im sure your looks are just fine. Small children can sure be very observant! Your work colleagues should know better than to stare (at least I hope their manners are better than that!). Once you recover from the surgery, your scars will be barely noticeable. To you though, you will always know they are there.

Best wishes with your continued recovery!