I'm sitting here reading this and rubbing my neck dissection scar and edema right now! I had one positive node and had a bunch of other swollen ones so I had a neck dissection. Being as young as I am, I wanted the best chance at getting rid of all the cancer so I opted to have the book thrown at me in a sense. Also, since I had the neck dissection, I did not have to have my jaw cracked or whatever because they went through the area under my chin to do my tongue reconstruction and stuff. So I guess that was a bonus for me.