 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | I went to a Physical Therapist for this and it did help quite a bit. This has the added advantage of being paid for by insurance which I doubt that a massage is. The PT also did intra and extra oral massage to improve saliva and avoid trismus. Also stretched neck/arm muscles that were screwed up from neck dissection. I'd talk to my doctor about getting a script and a recommendation to PT who does this. You should also have cleared massage with him before having it.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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