THYROID CANCER AT 18, THYROIDECTOMY AT 23 TIGHTNESS IN NECK PAINFUL! CAN YOU HELP? PLEASE!

HELLO I AM WRITING BECAUSE I WANT HELP! AT 18 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE, ME I WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR CAR ACCIDENT THAT CHANGED MY LIFE! MOST SAY IM BLESSED, OTHERS SAY IM GRATEFUL, BUT THE WAY I HAVE BEEN FEELING I WONDER WHY? I AM FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY AND AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL I FOUND OUT MY GIRLFRIEND WAS PREGNANT WITH A CHILD, AND FOUND OUT I HAD THYROID CANCER IN THE SAME YEAR. I WAS IN A AUTOMOBILE WRECK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004, IT WASN'T ALL THAT BAD. CAME TO A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN, PROCEEDED AND A 87 YEAR OLD LADY NEVER STOPPED AND T-BONED ME. WENT TO THE ER AND WAS RELEASED NO PROBLEM. THE VERY NEXT DAY I WAKE UP WITH A KNOT ON MY RIGHT SIDE OF MY NECK. I IMMEDIATELY GO BACK TO THE E.R. AND THE RUN 24 HOUR TEST. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT THE REFER ME TO GET A BIOPSY DONE. I GET IT DONE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. GO IN FOR MY RESULTS IN OCTOBER, AND HE SAID, "SIR YOU HAVE CANCER." THIS IS WHEN MY LIFE CHANGED FOR THE WORSE. DECEMBER 23RD, 2004 I BEGIN MY SURGERY, REMOVAL OF MY THYROID AND SOME LYMPH NODES AROUND IT. IT WAS A BREEZE I WAS BACK WALKING WITHIN A FEW DAYS AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS I WAS DOING HEAVY TESTING AND EVERY SIX MONTHS I TOOK I-131 ORALLY TO KEEP THE CANCER FROM SPREADING. I WAS ALSO IMMEDIATELY PUT ON SYNTHROID. FROM 2005 UNTIL 2009 MY DOCTOR SAID IVE GAINED A WHOPPING ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. HE HAS PICTURES OF ME WHEN HE FIRST SAW ME, AND CHARTS. I HAVE BEEN TO COUNTLESS MEDICAL OFFICES, ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND HOSPITALS. I HAVE BEEN AT THE BROWN CANCER CENTER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE,SINCE THEN THEY MONITOR MY LEVELS. IN JANUARY OF 2009 A SCAN CAME BACK AND MY DOCTOR SAID WE WAS GOING TO TAKE AMPLE STEPS TO CURE ME. WE STARTED AGAIN WITH THE I-131, AND X-RAYS,MRI'S,BODY SCANS AND FINALLY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009, I WAS GIVING A TOTAL THYRODECTOMEY. NO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN BUT IT WAS ALL OF NONE THING SURGERY TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THIS SURGERY TOOK TWELVE HOURS AND MY INCISIONS RUNS EAR TO EAR. AFTER SURGERY MY NECK WAS STAPLED AGAIN BUT MY BACK WAS HURTING MORE THAN MY NECK. WENT THROUGH THE NORMAL THINGS REMOVAL OF STAPLES,FOLLOW UPS AND SO FOURTH, BUT IN OUR PLANS WAS INTENSE RADIATION ON MY NECK FOLLOWING SURGERY. SO MARCH OF 2010 I STARTED RADIATION TREATMENT ON MY NECK. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DOSE OR ANYTHING BUT I HAD TO COME EVERY WEEKDAY FOR 35 DAYS STRAIGHT FOR LIKE 30 MINUTES A DAY. THIS IS WHEN MY PAIN BEGAN! NO SOLID FOOD,NO TASTE,HURTS TO SWALLOW,CERTAIN FOODS BURN,DRY MOUTH, AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS. THIS HAS TO BE THE WORST POINT OF MY LIFE, ITS LIKE NOT BEING ABLE TO CONSUME ANYTHING WITHOUT EXCRUCIATING PAIN. I LOST 50LBS DURING THIS PERIOD AND FEW MONTHS AFTER. PAIN FROM SWALLOWING EVENTUALLY GOT BETTER, AND TASTE STILL HASN'T FULLY CAME BACK. I HAVE A DRY MOUTH EVERYDAY MUST KEEP LIQUIDS STILL. BUT WHAT IS UNEXPLAINABLE IS MY Sternocleidomastoid Muscle. IT IS SO PAINFUL! IT FEELS LIKE A CHARLIE HORSE IN MY NECK. IT GOES FROM THE SIDE OF MY NECK AND SOMETIMES SHOOT TO THE BOTTOM AND BACK OF MY HEAD. ITS FEBRUARY 2011 AND I HAVE BEEN IN PAIN MANAGEMENT ONCE EVERY MONTH SINCE SEPTEMBER. THEY SHOOT NUMBING AGENTS COMBINED WITH STEROIDS INTO THAT MUSCLE. IT NUMBS FOR AROUND SEVEN TO TEN DAYS TOTALLY. BUT THAT IS ONLY ONE SIDE AT A TIME. A MAN CAME IN TODAY FROM FRASIER REHAB (JEWISH HOSPITAL LOU,KY) AND TOLD ME HE COULD DO BOTOX INJECTIONS THAT COULD LEAVE ME PAIN-FREE FOR MONTHS INSTEAD OF WEEKS. THEN THE DOCTOR SAID SHE IS GOING TO STICK WITH OLD SCHOOL REMEDIES INSTEAD OF REFERRING ME THERE. THIS IS WHERE I AM AT NOW, CONFUSED! IF YOU CAN HELP LET ME KNOW, IF YOU NEED PICTURES LET ME KNOW.