Not sure if this relates or helps, but I had a few EMG/Nerve studies, and see a neurologist on a regular basis only recently, and do have brachial plexopathy, cubital tunnel syndrome, spinal accessory neuropathy, sensory polyneuropathy, myopathy, and a few others related like toe drop, head drop, reflex loss, paralysis, atrophy, balance, falling issues, and such, which I just judge as one in the same, and needed no tests to tell me so.

My issues started or were exacerbated after chemo only in 2009, which resulted septic shock, cachexia, other major side effects, including paralysis for almost a year from the waist down, and then others like brachial plexopathy were from the numerous neck dissections when nerves, muscle, and carotid artery removed, and radiation totaling over 200Gy to the same area. I don't have carotid blockage shown from the 3-D ultrasound, thankfully.

I specifically asked if I had lower motor neuron disease, and was told no, but said I have so many complications it's difficult to say which is the cause.


10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs