Fran,

Welcome to the neighborhood. If you hit the search button towards the top you will find a few neck excercises that may help the pain a bit. I found that if I did them every day or even twice a day, the pain subsides. Somewhere between the excercises for the neck, the excercises for the hip, the excercises for the back and the excercises for the shoulder, I don't get them all done. I guess my pain is truly my pain at this point eek . I have completely weaned myself from all medication, though, and I think that is a good thing.

I am hoping for a speedy recovery for you and some pain-free days around the corner.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023