Gino - Allow me to add my support to all the advice given above. IMRT radiation is very controlled stuff and truly limits the side effects. Ask about it. Request it.

Cancer is very unforgiving indeed. Living the rest of your life with a bit of a stiff neck is the better choice. Hit it with everything now. Your body can actually take quite a bit of radiation before it gets to "too much". Use it. Fight hard. Be strong. Tom

SCC BOT, mets to neck, T4.
From 3/03: 10wks daily multi-drug chemo,
Then daily chemo with twice daily IMRT for 12 weeks - week on, week off. No surgery. New lung primary 12/07. Searching out tx options.