To be honest, I never felt any pain until after radiation. In terms of swelling, my ENT suspected that took 1-2 years in my case.

I'm sure you won't like this, but if you spent as much time counting the great things in your life and appreciating every day our Creator has given you as you do worrying about this cancer thing, you would see life from a much happier and clearer perspective. Even if after all you have pursued, you turned out to have cancer, you have spent an exhorbitant amount of time that you will never see again worrying about what might be. As my ENT told me, do not worry about what it might be, just be thankful for what it isn't.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023