Hi everyone. I have a concern which I'm going to express tomorrow with my husband's radiation therapy physician. He received chemo and radiation first week of treatment and he looked great! Neck swelling went down remarkably. Overnight prior to starting the second week his neck has swelled up again and is very hard. I know that radiation causes redness of skin and dryness of mouth, but does it cause increased swelling and hardness of tissues as well? He looks way worse and I'm really concerned.
Any first hand info would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Virginia
wife to Doug, stage IV base of tongue cancer with mets to lymph nodes bilaterally