It's been a while since I posted about chronic pain. My lumbar nerve pain continues unabated, temporary relief only from a prescription med, TENS unit, ice packs, braces/supports, NSAIDS, massager device.
Since my last post, I got diagnosed with thyroid medullary cancer, a bad type, and had surgery for a total thyroidectomy with dissection of a large neck area to remove lots of lymph nodes from ear to ear, and extending from the top of my sternum to under my chin.
The gravity was a surprise, and a six-hour surgery is an ass-kicker, I can state.
Something good happened in surgery. The aggravating pain from a neck side muscle since my last neck fusion is GONE. The guy dissected lots of tissue and I think he released or cut whatever little muscle fibers were causing me daily muscle pain in my left neck side with extension to headache. GONE.
Thank you.
However, a nerve behind my right ear extending down about 4 inches vertically has been on fire since the surgery. Some nerve got injured, a nerve that attaches to my hairline and is tender as a baby's butt--in a bad way. This nerve strip hurts like the devil! Dammit.
Today--I'm adding to this post Jan 2, 2026--I went to the radiation oncologist to get my face/neck mask made to use for radiation treatments that begin in a week. I am troubled by the misery to come--pain, rashes, dysphagia, tissue damage in the area to be irradiated. No choice.
Getting fed up!
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