scooter4, yes, exactly. the huge dog collar, so i am surprized that your one doc said that sensation will probably not go away. i haven't had any tell me anything. except the surgeon that said he had a big dog and he understood. no, they don't understand. so with me being out of surgery for over a year. i'm not surprised. oh, i was given 6-10 months to live anyway. i have the aggressive papillary thyroid cancer. that lump was 3.7, i ignored it in 2020 when it was 2.4. oh, i forgot to tell you too, i went hoarse after that biopsy too. so then i was told by one surgeon that would not do the surgery that he believed the cancer already got to my vocal chords. ok, so then he send me off to another surgeon, so this surgeon says: it will take 2 surgeries to repair your vocal chords. well, after the first surgery he was surprized i could still speak and made a big deal of it and then when i seen him after the second surgery and could only whisper, he sure did act strange and would you believe he wanted me to come all the way into downtown atlanta to take speech therapy. so the visit short and him acting strange, i never did go back for a follow up visit, my endocrinologist had me go to see a radiologist and then an oncologist . so here i am i went out to do my plants, mind you i tire out but just couldn't wait to get outside and have been all these nice days and lovin it. so god bless you and let me know how that medicine is working for you as i just might need to get some myself as it seems like my neck pain wants to increase. wish you the best.

scooter 4, i forgot to tell you that he told me that my voice problem is "permanent". again. take care lilyann