Hey Eric,
My Dan had his radical neck dissection Christmas eve, and just started PT about 3 weeks ago. It has helped alot. He was on major narcotics during chemo/rad treatments and didn't have the pain. Once he got off the meds, the shoulder started really hurting...

Take care,
Debbie


Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.