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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | I believe the massage drains the lymphatic fluid from the neck down into the rest of the body. If the cancer cells have not been definitively eliminated from the head and neck area, then they have a chance of moving with the lymph fluid into other parts of the body, hence the warning. John tried it once; while it worked, the relief was only temporary. That was after he got an NED but his cancer had probably metastasized by that point.
It's a sticking point for me because it makes me feel bad about that ONE massage he gave himself.
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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