Hi Cathy; It sounds like you have had a long relationship with your "Pain in the Neck". You obviously have not let it have the upper hand. Again I say the OC survivors are the toughest I've ever met!
Is your ongoing discomfort a post-rad problem or is it from surgery?
I saw the physio yesterday who gave me three different stretching exercises to do after I had warmed up my neck with a "magic bag" (it's actually a bag of oats.) Today, I am in terrific discomfort..not handled by analgesics. It may be from over exercise?? Anyway, I will proceed with caution until I see the Head&Neck team at the cancer center on the 25th.
You can guess that I'm mad at my PiN now.
Thanks for the pillow tip..I'll check it out at the Home Health store.
Cheers, Fran

SCC Base of tongue diag. April 04 Stage IV, mets to rt. neck multiple nodes 35 rads+8 boosts First recurrence Jan05. Rt.rad neck dissection Feb02/05. Recurred with bone mets in neck July 05.
Committed to survival with dignity.