is anyone taking steroids for lymphadema and has it helped. Seems like when my husband is in the hospital the swelling goes down. At home it doesn't seem to subside. He is currently taking 10mg of decadron twice a day...trying to figure out if it's worth the side effects to take it.

Caregiver to husband 53 SCC stage 3 soft palate 2011 Rad, recurrence tongue stage 4 2012 induction chemo, partial glossectomy surgery, cancer back left rad neck dissection 2013, more chemo, allergic to erbitux, cancer back 2014 floor of mouth and jaw, mandibulectomy scheduled 3/5/2014