hI i USED THIS FORUM A FEW TIMES DURING RADIATION LAST YEAR BUT IT WAS TO MUCH ANXIETY FOR ME, NOW i SEE HOW MUCH THIS CAN HELP. i'VE SPENT THE LAST HOUR READING,LEARNING AND FEEL SO MUCH RELEIF!
i DO HAVE A CONCERN, WHERE i HAD THE SURGERY AND THE DOC REMOVED THE STERNO/CLASTOID? MUSCLE I HAVE A ROCK HARD STRIP OF SCAR FROM COLLAR BONE TO TO RIGHT UNDER MY JAW. THE DOC IS ALWAYS ON ME TO "WORK ON THIS" :p A GET IT SOFTER/LOOSER. TO ME IT FEELS HARD AS BONE BUT IT IS ALSO BELOW THE RADIATION LINE. aNY IDEAS WHAT IT IS AND WHY SO HARD? I HAVE GOOD,NOT GREAT, RANGE OF MOTION . mY NECK IS STARTING TO REGAIN SOME SENSATION ALSO AND FEELS VERY TIGHT. i STRETCH AND HAVE HAD A FEW MASSAGES BUT IT HASN'T SEEM TO DO MUCH. i EAT WELL, MY NOSE DRIPS TOO, I BOLUS EVERY BITE WITH WATER BUT I FEEL PRETTY DARN LUCKY TO BE HERE AND PLAN TO STAY ON THIS EARTH A WHOLE LOT LONGER. I JUST HATE DISAPPOINTING MY GREAT DOC BUT I THINK THIS NECK OF MINE IS PERMANENTLY GOING TO BE RIGID. ANY OTHER VIEWS ON THIS SUBJECT?


SCC/L TONSIL/MODIFIED RAD NECK/6WEEKS RADIATION
3POS NODES. 52 YR OLD FEMALE/NEVERSMOKED/MIN ALCOHOL FROM mONTANA