My husband had 60% of his tongue removed, radical neck, and a small piece of his jaw removed. The doc wanted a clean margin so he cut into the jaw bone. There was no cancer in the jaw bone cut. Anyway this surgery as back in Febuary. He has had all his radiation treatments. Last week his face puffed out in the jaw area. He went to doc said he had an infection. Went on antibioic for a week, went down a little but the ENT wanted him to see a infectious disease doctor. Now he has to go everyday to hook up to IV antibiotics for an hour and a half, even on the hoiday weekend. This seems so serious to me. Has anyone had anything like this done? I am very scared about this any info would help.
Thanks,
Cheryl