Hey, it's great to hear from you again!
I have tons of trouble with my neck, and it seems to get worse by the month. I have alot of pain and it's something I'm aware of every minute of the day, the closest thing to a disability that I can think of from this cancer. And now it's both sides of my neck that have pain and spasms and are tight. I also will have pain from my neck to my ear if I've been really active that day. I feel "unbalanced" in my head and neck area. I love going to watch high school basketball games, one of my very favorite pastimes, but I now have trouble sitting through a game because my neck tightens up. Something about the way I have to hold my neck while sitting in the bleachers. Can't win, can we? First I can't eat the popcorn and hotdogs like I loved scarfing down in past years.........now it's difficult to sit period, lol. But..........I'm there, watching the game, screaming at the ref and crying when the under dog wins............so what more can we ask for?
Hope you find out all is well.
Love,
Minnie

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.