OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 92 | Since treatment and getting the all clear August 1st I often feel the sides of my neck (as I am sure most of us do) checking. Today for some reason I felt directly in the middle (put finger on chin and trail down about an inch and there is a fairly large odd feeling area. I would say it feels like a tumor. It feels like an inch or more from top to bottom and an inch or two from right to left. I know that since treatment my chin seems to hang lower and I don't know if it is just because I noticed this but I can feel it sitting there when I look down now. It is right smack dab in the middle and is the same length on both sides. I can't remember it being there before but I honestly can't remember if I felt that area before I don't see how I could have missed it. I just saw my ENT two weeks ago and he felt around and everything was fine. Naturally I will be contacting my ENT Monday morning but I was wondering could this be some side effect of radiation or surgery. Could this be lymphedema? I am sure I am panicking for no reason and maybe this is some kind of anxiety release from trying to hold it all together for so long but I am actually in tears.
AGE 38 10-2012 thru 3-2012 swollen lymph node,painful jaw and ear,2 antibiotics,X-ray,CAT scan,needle biopsy,scope, no answers 3-4-13 tonsillectomy and selective neck dissection, DX R tonsil SCC,METS to 1 lymph node,BOT,HPV+, stage IV TX 35 RAD,3 chemo cisplatin/Taxol started 4-8-13 rad end 5-29-13
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