Oh wow ! thank you, thank you for all the good info ! Yes I can eat, I only had PEG for 8 wks only because they made me keep it that long, was eating long before it came out. I had PT for 4mo. 3x wk and yes they gave me the elastic bands to use at home for the exercises as well as using the light weight dumbells. I wear compression hose on my left leg as needed, mainly at nite when my leg bothers me alot. During the day also at times but also have an ace wrap for ankle support during the day. My neck is very hard also from the jaw bone area down abt half-way down neck and in the mastoid area under ear. My hearing is bad from the rads and now feels like cotton in my ear now...and it drains fluid when I lie on that side at nite. You are all right about the rads.....it is the gift that just keeps on giving and giving and giving, LOL ! I do still pocket foods in the right side of my mouth....chipmunk syndrome I call it....mainly rice and spagetti. My right arm had a terrible droop when i got home and a lot of pain. I had no idea what was causing it till a PA told me at the CCC during visit in May....I have 11th and 12th nerve damage even though they did not cut nerves, only moved them around a lot, according to surgical notes I have read. I did get massage when I was getting PT...no one told me I couldnt do it so I did, mainly because I was so miserable. I also use my compression device daily to my neck area. Oh and where they split my lip it is now numb from the center line of lower lip to corner of my mouth.

Sorry this is so long, trying to remember everything. Have not tried accupuncture on my neck....something I may need to consider.

Thank you for all your info and good wishes....hope to hear from you all as I move forward in my healing process.