Btw no verdict on the Kinesio: tape was on for 3 days and while I did not get any better I also did not get worse (which seems to be the norm), so its hard to tell.

The last two weeks have been tough. Each morning seems worse than the last. I am not sure anything can move fluid thru the neck dissection scar area which, after radiation, is rock hard. My speech and eating/swallowing have been adversely affected also. I fear another feeding tube is on the horizon. Everything is just seizing up, regardless of stretches and massages. Compression masks/chin and cheek bandaging offer visual improvement for a few hrs only; no relief from the pain. Actually I wonder if the swelling can be made worse on the inside from the compression on the outside? Certainly my tongue and throat seem to suffer more when I wear the nightly mask/strap.

Apologies, I am done with this topic....so fed up with this damn side effect. Time will take care of it. Eventually.