Hi Lisa, although we didn't know it at the time the neck dissection was nowhere as bad as the chemo and radiation. Jack healed very well from that and it turned out to be a good idea in his case.

In the beginning it looks awful with the staple sutures, but they come out, incisions heal, and the neck tissue fills back in. You really have to be right on Jack's neck to see it now particularly when he wears shirts with collars. Most people don't get that close.

There's post operative pain that he used percocet for but nothing as bad as the peak of radiation. Good luck to you and your Dad.
Regards JoAnne