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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 33 | I was wondering if it is normal to have a lot of swelling after a selective neck dissection. I had it done a week ago tomorrow. They removed the neck drain yesterday morning and I have been lubing the scar and drain point with bacitracin. Today the swelling, which looks like I swallowed an apple on my left side is starting to move under my chin and swell on the right, above the incision point. My chin is turning red. I'm wondering if that is bruising. Just wondering if this is normal or a sign of infection. Any comments/suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks.
10/2/12 Surgery Dx Stage II SCC RLT
11/12/12 Further tongue resec and SND. 3 of 22 lymph + SCC Stage IVa
11/22/12 Hospitalized for infection incision at neck
12/5/13 PET scan tumor at BOT
12/26/12-2/27/13 RT and Cisplatin
4/1/13-5/17/13 3 rounds of Cisplatin, Taxotere and 5-FU
7/19/13 Pet Scan possible recurrence
8/23/13 2nd op at MSKCC, CT Scan
8/31/13 MRI. Both show sizeable mass
9/11/13 CT-guided needle BX + SCC
10/1/13 Erbitux, Cisplatin and Taxotere
2/14/14 Passed away
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