Fran,

I'm just a newbie around here, but I want to welcome you just the same. Here in the Seattle area, it's a balmy 3C today. Sunny and clear, though a bit of snow is predicted for the weekend.

I suspect that it takes a great deal of strength to live in a place where nickel ore is extracted from frozen rock and pine trees wink and that strength appears to have served you well.

I am happy to say that I have forgotten the post-radiation jaw and neck pain. The limited jaw mobility, the TMJ pain, the spasams. With any luck, you will soon forget it, too.

Ken

SCCA T2N1M0 diagnosed 11/02, radical neck dissection, 7 weeks radiation, 6 surgeries to deal with osteonecrosis, 10 weeks hyperbaric oxygen. "Live strong. Laugh often."