#57331 11-18-2005 07:06 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) |  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | I would also try putting a pillow or something under the arm from the elbow to the wrist for the arm to rest on while he is driving. The idea is to elevate the arm to it's natural height, like having arms on a chair, so there is no downward drag on the shoulder muscles. I couldn't drive or ride without one for the first 6 months.
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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#57332 11-19-2005 05:19 PM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 306 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 306 | Marcia - The neck pillows are great. My wife made me one filled with rice. The microwave warms it up and it stays for quite a while. Stretch your neck every day, slowly and in every direction. Exercise your jaw. Those muscles will be ticked off for quite a while, so take good care of them!! (Hey, in the old west, stretching somebody's neck was BAD!!) Tom
SCC BOT, mets to neck, T4.
From 3/03: 10wks daily multi-drug chemo,
Then daily chemo with twice daily IMRT for 12 weeks - week on, week off. No surgery. New lung primary 12/07. Searching out tx options.
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#57333 11-21-2005 11:12 AM | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 218 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 218 | Hi,
I get the same thing. Mostly when I am tierd.
I have found that excersizing the neck helps a little.
But man, I know what he is talking about. Sometimes I get one in the back of my neck that puts me right out on the floor.
It then hurts for a couple of days.
Good things,
-rh
SCC 1.6cm Right Tonsil 10/3/03, 1 Node 3cm, T1N2AM0, Tonsil Removed, Selective Neck Disection, 4 Wks Induction Chemo (Taxol,Cisplatin), 8 Weeks Chemo/Radiation (5FU,Hydroxyurea,Iressa), IMRT x 40, Treatment Complete 2/13/04.
41 Years Old At Diagnosis
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