Just got some bad news. Dan has a cancerous tumor in his left neck. Scheduled for radical neck dissection Christmas eve and radiation after a month. His left neck is swollen and he has pain in his jaw and face and headaches. It has only been 4 months since his partial glossectomy and modified neck dissections which showed negative nodes.

Wondering if anyone has any advice or info on what we should expect from surgery and/or the following radiation treatments. It's all happening so fast again and we would appreciate anything anyone has to offer.

Thanks!
Debbie

Debbie/Caregiver/wife of Dan, diagosed with SCC tongue, Stage II/III, 1/3 tongue removal, lymph node dissection both sides of neck, skin graph 7/30/03. Left tumor found - radical left neck dissection 12/24/03. Could not get all of tumor/wrapped around carotid artery and in wall of jugular. 1/12/04 beginning of 6 doses of Taxol/Cistoplatin once a week, and rad 70 gray 5 days a week/6 weeks.