 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | It sounds like good news to me. Lymph nodes with dead tissue means NOT cancerous tissue.
I had odd sleep patterns all through my cancer treatments. He is probably more anxious than you about what the scans will show--insomnia I think is normal but there is also medicine he can take to help him get to sleep if it happens too much or for too long. Be sure to mention it to his doctor.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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