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Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hello All,
Can anyone offer up their experience with their neck muscles after radiation. Do they ever get back to normal? I realize that the side I had the neck disection on will never return to normal, but what about the other side? I had radiation there but no surgery. My neck just seems so "tired" all the time. Yes, I am much more active now then even a month ago so I imagine some of that comes into play. My neck and across the back of my shoulders will feel sore and achy. My right shoulder and neck muscle, I think, are sore from the way I sit when I'm at the computer. If I turn my neck a certain way I can feel the soreness right down the muscle in my shoulder to my back. If anyone understands all of this, please let me know if it's part of the process.
Thanks, 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.
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