Hi Lori, my hubby gets the swollen tongue too, but on the opposite side of his cancers. It also goes down after a little while, but he says it's sore whilst it's swollen. His next oncology appt isn't until August, so will bring it up with him then. We don't know what causes it either!


Jeanna
Wife/Carer of Rod, 56, Dx 5/3/09, SCC Oropharnyx T4 N2, End Tx 28th 07/09, 7wks Rad, 3 Cisplatin, primary tonsil, 4cm Lymph right of neck, 1cm left, in jaw & soft palate & base of tongue. Peg 06/09. CT & PET scans 02/11 - NED. Dentures 20/09/11, PEG out 28/10/11.