Fat grafting or Botox to relief pain & tightness after treatment?

Thanks for that info. I feel the same way. No after radiation care offered .Not sure if that is something that even entered their minds. I'm pretty much doing my own investigation on the aftercare and what can be done. So thank you for any update or bit of information. It's very much appreciated.

I believe fat grafting for post-radiation neck fibrosis is reasonably new. Besides that, for me the only thing available was PT with stretching exercises. My fibrosis made stretching reasonably useless.

For me the Botox injections have been used in concert with the fat grafting.

Hi Steve
Unfortunately, I reside in Toronto - and Boston is not viable.
I have an appt with the doctor at the Late Effects of Radiation Clinic in PMCC next week - and will take it from there.
I don't have pain in with my severe neck fibrosis - except for stiffness in neck and jaw areas (I do have myofascial therapy every two weeks and I do jaw and tongue exercises every day - in the hope that it will delay the deterioration).
Lately, I find that my swallowing is getting worse - in that I have to tilt my head backwards so that food or liquid does not come out through my nose, and also feel numbness in lower jaw, and also tend to drool more often.
In mid 2020 when I was diagnosed - I was told that these are the late effects of radiation - not getting my hopes up!! but .......
Take care !!

Hi Steve will you please update us on what PMCC says?
I amd many would love to see if there us help out there.
Thank you

I didn't know what PMCC stands for and Google showed lots of choices. Help me out here

oops ... sorry - here goes .... Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (PMCC).

I started with physical therapy with very little results but I'm still with it. Then I added a chiropractor who is working deep to loosen and break up the scar tissue. She gives me short term feeling of attacking the tightness but very little lasting pain relief. I'm still going to both and a couple months ago started with pain management clinic outside Boston. She gives me hope, starting with trigger point needles, moving to injection to cervical joint but no sign of relief, and will now return to trigger point injection this time with steroids. I'm reaching for any pain relief and now have started acupuncture. The guy is full of confidence that he can make a difference. We'll see.

Let me know how or if the acupuncture help with the pain and stiffness.
Fingers crossed and prayers for you that it does help .

@niml honestly, I don’t hold out much hope for acupuncture. No sign of improvement yet after 10 sessions.