I'm about 6 weeks post-radiation (second round of rad) and about the same time out from my last chemo treatment (3x cisplatin). About a week ago, I noticed the tingly feeling in my underarms and along my upper back. Is this the same thing, do you think, as what others here are describing?

I thought at first that I was having a weird reaction to my deodorant. Then I stopped using that kind and it has persisted. Honestly, it feels like the tingly/aches I get when a cold is coming on, and I keep waiting for the cold to hit, but it never does.

It's confined to my upper back and underarms areas. It's just a strange sensation and hard to explain. Of course, I keep panicking wondering what the heck this might be after all I've been through... I started a new job and haven't been sleeping all that well so I wondered if maybe I was just exhausted too.


Tongue cancer (SCC), diagnosed Oct. 2003 (T2 N0 M0). Surgery to remove tumor. IMRT Radiation 30x in Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004. Recurrence lymph node - radical neck dissection June 2004. Second round of rad/chemo treatments ended Sept. 2004.