Hi Everyone,
My neck is still hurting from the radical dissection. It feels like a fist in there squeezing with a jabby ice pick. I've been trying to stretch it, massage and have oxy to take plus recently lyrica. It never stops hurting and it's been over a month. Is this normal?

I'm getting a port in tomorrow, makes me want to cry. It'll be the second time I have one of these.

Treatments chemo & rads to start on the 5th of January. I had mask fitting, pet scan, ct scan and MRI last Friday.

In the meantime, putting on weight. How much should I gain? I've gone from 127 to 142. It sucks after it took me so long to lose all that weight.

Any ideas on how I can prepare for treatment ordeal?

HPV+ P16 positive squamous cell carcinoma

Oct 2014 found neck node lumps
Went to Oncologist (TNBC)
Ultrasound
2 CT Scans - body/head and neck
Needle & core biopsy
Pet Scan
Biopsy to find primary w/ anesthesia - failed
Second Opinion found primary & biopsied
Biopsy confirmed HPV+ P16 Squamous cell carcinoma
Radical Neck Dissection 11/22/2014
32 lymph nodes removed - 3 positive
Ported 12/29/14
Chemo and rads to start January 5, 2015
cisplatin weekly 40 mg/m2
Rads M-F for 7 weeks