What pain relief is there after radical neck dissection?

I had a radical neck disection on May 22nd 2008. I have chronic pain in my shoulder and arm - and sick of taking the narcotic pain medication.

My surgeon didnt seem to believe that i could or should have any pain after this surgury - he is of no help in this area at all.

My primary care Dr. suggested I begin taking LYRICA - I've been taking 50mg 3x a day for about 2 weeks now and it does seem to help. I do still find days that i feel I need something else like advil and that seems to help in addition to the lyrica. However LYRICA takes a while to perform the full benefits - weeks sometimes as I've read. So maybe there is hope!

Lyrica does help but doesnt completely relieve the pain- and after all of the research I have done looking for an answer to the relief of the chronic pain in my shoulder - I would do anything to have just one pain free day.............