Yes he's had one done and it was normal. He goes back for labs this week and I'm going to call the doc to see if they won't go ahead and re-check.

I wonder if the thyroid might not have something to do with his change in body temperature. He used to be an eskimo - i.e. - in order to keep him comfortable you had to be able to hang meat in the room. Now he freezes all the time. Of course that may have to do with the weight loss - 203 to 148.

I'm quite surprised there haven't been more people respond who have had their parotid glands removed when they had their neck dissections.


CG to husband, dx 02/09/06 tumor base of tongue spread to lymph nodes. 35 combined xrt/imrt rad plus 3 rounds Cisplatin. Final tx 05/18/06. Parotidectomy & Sel Neck Dis 08/09/06. Lung cancer surgery 04/20/07. All currently in remission.