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#55423 08-26-2004 05:58 AM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3 | how long does it take before the shoulder pain goes away following the lateral neck resection surgery | | |
#55424 08-26-2004 06:20 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | Dan had a radical neck dissection last Christmas eve and they took pretty much everything on the left side. He followed that with chemo/rad thru March, healed for a few months and then the shoulder/neck pain started. He has been in physical therapy twice a week for almost 2 months and that is helping but it's a slow process.
God bless,
Debbie
Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.
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#55425 08-26-2004 07:53 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 | Hello rmiller5,
My shoulder pain went away gradually. I think it took a couple of months. I had some PT but that made it worse. It went away on it's own. I am real careful about lifting anything heavy with my right arm. I avoid that at all costs.
Hope your treatment and healing go well!
Dan
Daniel Bogan DX 7/16/03 Right tonsil,SCC T4NOMO. right side neck disection, IMRT Radiation x 33.
Recurrance in June 05 in right tonsil area. Now receiving palliative chemo (Erbitux) starting 3/9/06
Our good friend and loved member of the forum has passed away RIP Dannyboy 7-16-2006
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