I am absolutely amazed after the heat packs, massage and exercise. So far they haven't mentioned anything about a head strap hooked up to weights yet, but they are giving me exercises to pull against the messed up neck muscles. Since my goal is to get my whole scrawny body back into shape (it's weird how after dropping so much weight that even my butt muscles are flat little pancakes) I asked about a recommendation to either a gym or something I could do to get the other muscles in shape. The PT place has machines and staff to help me do this as well too.

I'm really hoping that in a couple months I will feel as strong and able as you did, Erik. To be honest, being weak and scrawny makes me feel like one of those zebras on the animal documentaries that is about to be seperated from the herd and eaten by a cheetah.

You are so right though about a neck dissection not being a "common" sort of issue for PT to deal with. I think this might be why I was so sour on the previous PT.

After this one visit to a different PT place, I felt SO much more improved that I'm now looking forward to the next visit.

I might even be sorry when PT ends.

Thanks for the input everyone. Here's hoping that in a few months time, I can avoid looking like a cancer patient and be one of the stronger zebras. I also need to concentrate on putting on calories, so maybe I need to stretch my stomach out as well. I'd be happy to eat the "quantity" of food I see my teenagers put down at a feeding.

Jen