Hi all,

My daughter had her surgery for base of tongue cancer in early Sept. She started her RAD in early Nov. After 3 treatments, she had trouble with an infection in her neck directly under her chin. Copious amounts of pus just started oozing out of her incision. The doctor feels the infection had been brewing for awhile and the RAD just brought it to a head.
Anyway, her RAD was halted and she was put on a strong antibiotic. About 10 days later, it seemed to be cleared up and she started RAD again. Again, 3 treatments and more oozing pus. This time the swelling is a little to the left of where it was before. She called the dr Sat and he phoned a prescription in for more antibiotics. She also has an appt to see him Mon, but he told her to go to her RAD treatment as usual Mon morning.
Earlier he said if she continued RAD while the incision was still open, the whole incision could fall apart.
Has anyone had trouble like this while undergoing their RAD treatments? Were you able to continue RAD while getting an infection cleared up or did you have to stop temporarily?
Thanks,
Rosemary