I would have preferred to be going to a beer festival or something nice instead of surgery but thats what needs to be done . It will involve two surgeons and removing skin and an artery and vein from leg for my neck which they are going to take a lump out of . Apparently I will lose some type of movement in shoulder but a small price to pay if it sorts the issue out. Anyone else here had similar please ?
Just sending you a hug
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I lost some movement from the second of my neck dissections. It all depends on what they do to your accessory nerve - that controls the shoulder and runs through the site where they normally do neck dissections. In my case they "upset" it my moving it rather than cutting it.
The result was that I could lift anything close to my body, but could not reach out to pick up a beer at arms length. Physio and time (as well as a desire for beer 
) have solved that issue. Took around 18 months before I realised I had got the movement back. There may be some other effects relating to skin surface nerves - I can scratch my neck and it feels like I am scratching the top of my ear. That is more amusing than life changing!
I would speak to your GP sooner rather than later to get some physio laid on. I would also keep up on the painkillers especially if the movement hurts otherwise you may do more damage by trying to move the shoulder in an unnatural way to compensate for the pain.
Hope that helps.
