I have been absent for a little while. We have been trying to put our lives back together. It has been a difficult road. some days fighting, arguing, reconciling, etc. etc.

I have a question and am in need of advice.

Tomorrow we will go to the gastro doc to have the feeding tube removed. Harry is scared to death about this prospect but I move forward anyway because it has now become a crutch.

but my question is this....

on the same side that the nodes had been swollen, he is complaining about a terrible pain in the neck that is bothering him. He has had no surgery. When I look at him I see a small area that looks like it is swollen as compared to the other side of his neck.

Should I be concerned about this or is it just an after affect of the radiation and chemo? How long should we wait until we seek the docs opinion. I am afraid that we are going to walk this path of over reacting every time he feels something at all.

Additional note, when we went to the docs for the results of the scans, the dos said that they looked good and there was an area that showed on the tonsil area (my husband doesn't have his tonsils and hasn't for over 40 years) that he claimed was a residual of the radiation.

Thanks for your input!

Cindy