Life is GOOD but a couple of questions for you old hands!

Chemo Chaos said:

Neck exercises - I still do these 5 times a week, is it something I need to continue with or do less or more of?

Sorry can’t help with the other two but this one yes. Neck exercises once or twice a day PLUS all your swallow and jaw exercises once a day for ever. I still do mine seven years later. 

Chemo Chaos said:

I wish you all luck & good health wherever you are on this journey X  

You too… hugs 

I can say that I get the neck spasms.  These come from my dissection and are directly related to the surgical site.  They predate CRT by many years.  I have learned to control them now and they do not worry me.  I just relax and they pass.  They are not frequent , maybe a couple of times a month.  As to the other 2 issues I have not experienced either the cracking or continue doing the physio exercises from years ago.  However, I have always tried to incorporate any physio into the way I normally act rather than a discrete activity so maybe I am doing them subconsciously.

Glad to hear that you are doing so well. I did get the neck spasms for a while. It would happen out of the blue depending on how I had turned my neck and then I would massage it and it would seem to twang and relax. It did go away after a while but was rather annoying at the time. Don't get the neck cracking but completely unrelated my spine does a crack when I get in and out of the car sometimes. Nothing to do with anything so maybe your neck cracking is the same. 

Lyn

Hi yes to neck exercises and swallow/jaw exercises. They are for life I do mine without even noticing they fit into my daily schedules just like brushing my teeth. 

cant help with neck cracking but I do have a small amount of neck fibrosis it doesn’t effect my daily living it’s manageable it’s not progressed over the years. 
best wishes 

Hazel