Hi. Martin had 1 swollen lymph node and I think they removed 18. He had radical modified neck dissection which means they took the lymph nodes but left the muscle. He has a scar that goes from behind the ear down half of the neck and across to the adam's apple. He had around 20 or so staples. At first all was fine as he was numb there was no pain. But when the feeling started to come back the pain did. He has limited movement on that side of the neck but that's due to radiation scarring of the muscle (apparently). He has pain all over his shoulders but I think this is due to the over compensating of the other muscles and bad posture due to his neck pain. But with other people it is fine. So it really depends. But as Christine said I would ask questions.