Hi, I haven't posted in awhile. My husband Mike had chemo and rads last spring. He had a hard time but made it through. In January his neck started to swell again right where the nodes originally had swelled. CT scan showed what they call necrotic tissue and its growing. No biopsy, We are waiting for neck dissection surgery hopefully by the end of March.
Mike's pain from his neck is awful and is getting worse, if he moves his head or lays down too flat. It seems to come in waves. Has anyone else had this type of pain with nodes? We are waiting for the ENT oncologist to call in an Rx for meds and to advise. Any thoughts?
Thanks so much
Josee


CG to Mike, diagnosed SSC base of tongue March 6/12, T2N2, Stage 4, 35 rads, 3 cisplatin, hospitalized end of treatment TPN nutrition lost 50lbs. lymph nodes in neck necrotic tissue Jan /13, radical neck dissection March 20 positive SCC could not remove all