Pam,

It happens that my brother-in-law is visiting us this weekend. He has worked for a major pharmaceutical company for many years, and is also a long-time thyroid cancer survivor who has been taking levothyroxine for about 30 years. He was surprised that it might cause this kind of reaction, as it is made from a naturally-occuring substance that generally does not produce adverse results. (Although he did think there could be trace amounts of other ingredients that might react in some fashion.) Can you think of anything else you might have ingested around the same time that could have caused the swelling?

Cathy

Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989