Fred:
I went through a Modified Radical Neck Dissection. It was a piece of cake compared to Rad. I had surgery on Thur and back at home Friday afternoon and worked some on Monday. Limitation was I could not lift anything heavier than 10 lbs and not drive for maybe 2 weeks. It was of course very sore for a while and I do have some numbness. With all you have been through I suspect this will be easier than you think. No need to be frighten of this one.

Bill Van Horn-53 ex-smoker, social drinker, Biopsy 8/24, Diagnosed 8/30/07 BOT T2N2-B MX Stage IV. Started treatments 10/1/07. IMRT 35 x, Cisplatin - 3 cycles - completed treatment 11/16/07. CT Scans on 1/15/08 all clear Selective neck dissection 1/28/08. All nodes clear.