My husband just completed his radiation and cisplatin. He had 2 swollen lymph nodes at the start of treatment. At the end of treatment his chemo doc felt what he thought was scar tissue on a node - a cat scan confirmed this...what a relief! He is now on another round of cisplatin. He has had some fluctuations in his blood pressure but this normalized following a 3 week break from treatment. The most disturbing side effect now is the phlegm build-up.


Base of tongue spread to 2 lymph nodes.stg?? Dx 5/5/09 peg
Tx started with 35 rad, 7 weeks cisplatin, 2 weeks 5-fu.
completed second course of tx with reduced dose of cisplatin &
5-fu. All clear
Post radiation swallowing difficulties 12 years later