Marvin also has the swelling in his neck area and we were told the same thing that it was from the treatment. His Chemo doctor put him on steroids for about 10 days and when he was on them the swelling went completely away. He was even to eat alittle more when it was down. But he has been off the steroids for several weeks now and some of the swelling has come back. I called to see if he could go back on the steroids but they dont want him on them so we are having to just wait also. He is also going to talk with the ro doctor sept 25th to see about getting the therapy everyone is taking about. I only found one place were we live that may have someone able to do it.