It is strange how we are all told different results to expect by the Docs for essentially the same problems. I had right side neck dissection on 9/20/06 as part of my treatment and have a 3" scar that starts just below my right ear and runs along jaw line toward the throat. I still have numbness in the immediate area and my ENT who did the surgery says the numbness can last for "up to a year". The only time I deal with it is when shaving and is quite a freaky sensation.

Bill D.