Before I was diagnosed with throat cancer, I had pain in the gum area of a molar. I went from dentist to periodontist to endodontist, who, upon reopening the tooth to redo a root canal, said the tooth was fine. Once I was diagnosed I assumed that the pain was displaced pain from the base of tongue tumor. The dentist at M.D. Anderson pulled the molar before treatment began. Now, 5 months after radiation treatments ended, I still get pain in the gum area where the tooth used to be! I know that the tumor is gone and I just cannot figure out why I feel pain there.
Also, I get pain in my arm sockets and upper arms, especially the right one. Sometimes if I reach out for something, it hurts. The doctors haven't a clue what I am talking about. But it seems too coincidental to me. If the radiation could go low enough in my chest to cause a block in my esopohagus, it stands to reason to me that it could go down my neck enough to affect my shoulders and upper arms.
Has anyone else had such pain?

Danny G.