I'll try to explain what I saw last week. They would put the needle in and for the first 10 seconds think they had it - then you would see it swell and then flatten and it would bleed. Once it did that they couldn't get anything out of it and they had to start over.

I don't think it's serious or permanent, but you know I honestly don't know that for sure. Hopefully somebody with alot more knowledge than me can answer.


Michelle, CG to husband (45), DX 2/08 Stage IVa Adenocarcinoma Salivary Gland (T2N2bMO)
Parotidectomy & ND 2/08, Tumor margins not clear, 4 of 30 nodes positve for cancer,
TX IMRT 39x, cisplatin 7x (completed 5/1/08),
PEG (4/22 - 7/9), No port. Currently in remission!