Doesn't sound normal. When I woke up from the sleep and had my new pull string I don't recall feeling anything at all. The only pain came when it was removed several weeks later.
Bill D.
Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.
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