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I too had this after my neck dissection, got so bad I had a catheter bag attached to my neck which I could drain at regular intervals, but after a couple of weeks it stopped. I am now 6 months out of surgery and swelling has completely gone down.


SCC type 1 tumor in left cheek aged 45
T2N1M0 - surgery 14/2/13 to remove tumor, skin graft from wrist, neck dissection. No rads/chemo.
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Thanks everybody, I really appreciate knowing I'm not the only one to have a wet neck, and that it does get better.

I will ask the docs about it this week. I have a feeling, though, that it's going to be the least of my problems as treatment gets going.

Mama


53
T3N2aM0 HPV+
5/26/13 discovered painless superball-sized lymph node in neck
6/26/13 DX SCC R palatine tonsil
7/16/13 TORS tonsillectomy & selective ND, mets to 2 nodes
9/3/13 Cisplatin and rads begin, tolerated 1.5 of 3 planned chemo doses
10/16/13 Treatment ends
Dec 13 Ulcer appears at surgery site
Jan 17 Biopsy -- no cancer!
Feb 17 CT/PET Scan lights up tonsil bed & nasal cavity, docs say probably inflammation, don't panic, rescan when ulcer subsides
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