I really feel for everyone going through long-term effects. The hard part for me is no one understands that this is a possibility. I had radiation to the right side of my face and throat for a Stage II parotid gland tumor. My radiation oncologist was great but after a year, I didn't see him again. I've had to enlist the skills of a neurologist, an ENT, pain management. My cancer treatment was 25 years ago but I didn't have neck and shoulder pain, muscle spasms until the last 5 years. It helps to know that I'm not the only one going through this.