Hello, everyone. Just found this site a few days ago. My husband has just finished chemoradiotherapy for a Stage IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma in right tonsil that moved to the lymph nodes, developing a 6 cm tumor. We're now waiting 4 weeks for treatment to finish working on the tumor before they decided on the surgery or not. It was very comforting reading the post from the other wives. Thanks, ladies. My question tonight is has anyone developed a blood clot as a result from their port? Just two weeks ago my husband started to complain about a pain under his arm and then he noticed a small lump. Soon after that his arm swelled and we were off to get a doppler done from a vein specialist. They said that the port caused the clot and removed the port the very next day. Now he has to have his blood checked every three days to adjust the coumadin (blood thinner). I vaguely remember seeing something about clots and ports, but this was the last thing we expected. He was supposed to get his 4th week of chemo this week, but they decided not to do it because the port was out. They may still try to give him the 4th treatment later. Is this a common "side effect" of the ports?

Also, how many of you had some major dental work done prior to radiation to combat the condition that breaks down the jaw bone from radiation. Sorry, I forget the long name of this condition.