Hi All
We realised that it was 12 months yesterday when hubby rang the bell at the end of his Radio/ Chemo treatment. Seems much longer than that but at same time no time at all.
It is now seven weeks since hubby's surgery and the fatigue is not abating. The surgeon has classed it as an 'Extended Radical Neck Dissection'. We know that a full sheet of neck muscle, 30-40 lymph nodes, external jugular vein, various nerves were all removed so quite extensive surgery. I think that given all that his body has gone through it is not surprising that he has fatigue. However he has been told there is residual cancer beyond the scope of surgery and that it is incurable should we be concerned?
Has anyone else had an extended radical neck dissection and if so how long did it take to get over the fatigue?
Regards
Margaret
Good evening Margaret and hubby, yes i agree seven weeks is still early and i would say give him about six months where he should see a big change as he has certainly had a lot of work done,i had a full neck dissection where nerves and muscles had to be worked on to as they got damaged, slowly and surely it all came together and I made a full recovery with no outstanding aches or groans. Im sure that because they know about residual cancer they will keep a close eye on and treat it accordingly, i believe there a few who are in this situation and they have kept on top of the cancer without it getting worse. Hope he will start to feel better soon and maybe 3 months will be a good time to compare any progress. Best wishes to you and your husband , take care.
Chris x
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