Mine was a selective neck dissection, but I am a wimp on pain. After the first day or so, the actual incision did not hurt too bad. The throat was miserable, probably because of the tube during anesthesia, and now, two weeks out, all my right-side muscles ache from tension holding up my neck and sleeping propped up and all. The swelling is better but still miserable. Some nerve issues. Eating is okay, but only if I can get the bites tiny enough for my mouth which won't open wide now.

Hope that helps a bit.

Last edited by KristenS; 09-09-2013 02:59 PM.
Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery