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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | Jujilow,
It’s understandable that you are upset by the swelling in your neck. I have read multiple times that patients who wish to do the neck massage to help drain the lymphatic fluid build-up should check with their oncologist to be sure that they are free of cancer. There’s some fear that a stray cancer cell may follow the lymphatic fluid down into the body cavity and result in metastasis. For this reason, I urge you to talk to your doctors before you start massaging your neck.
The lymphatic build-up does get better over time.
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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