My husband had neck disection and has drooping of his lower lip on that side. His smile is very crooked and it is difficult to talk and avoid bitting his lower lip. He also is bitting his cheek when he eats. He has weakness of his arm on the same side. According to the surgical report they did not cut any nerves, but needed to stretch them to do the disection. The doctors feel the movement will come back in time. He was seen by a speech pathologist and physical therapist for exercises. Has anyone had these problems? How long before things turned around? Maybe it is too soon. The disection was June 27. He finished chemo, radiation of SCC base of tongue and his six week check they found thyroid cancer. So, since they needed to remove the thyroid they did the neck disection at the same time. It feels good to have this part behind us. What a long tough road it has been.