#59516 11-21-2006 05:17 AM | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 77 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 77 | Hi y'all,
I finished chemo/rad 3 weeks ago. Last night, I was feeling around. The large tumor seems to be gones, and everything else is OK. However, I did feel what I think is an enlarged gland under my jawbone down near my ear.
So now, I'm playing the "what if" game. Here are my questions:
1. Do these glands ever swell because of the radiation?
2. What will happen if the chemo/radiation didn't work?
3. Is it possible that the radiation is still working and this might still go away?
CB
Age 46; SCC BOT T3N1M0l dx 9/06
Cisplatin x3; radiation x42
Completed tx 10/31; Selective neck dissection 12/06
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#59517 11-21-2006 05:37 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 | Nobody here can make a diagnosis. What do your doctors say?
dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.
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#59518 11-21-2006 07:17 AM | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 77 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 77 | I can't get in to see them until next week. I'm just ruminating until then.
Age 46; SCC BOT T3N1M0l dx 9/06
Cisplatin x3; radiation x42
Completed tx 10/31; Selective neck dissection 12/06
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#59519 11-21-2006 07:25 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 | I know it's tough to wait, but these are questions for your Dr. Hang in there.
Tim Stoj
60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.
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#59520 11-21-2006 10:29 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Call him and try to get some satisfaction.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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#59521 11-22-2006 08:31 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 | You should be having regular exams that include palpation and visual. Why were they not doing this during your treatment? How did they miss an enlarged gland? I'd get on them bigtime. 'Next week' is unacceptable.
dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.
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#59522 11-22-2006 02:46 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 624 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 624 | The salivary glands can swell during radiation, this can start about the fourth week as the cumulative dose approaches (or exceeds) that which causes tissue damage in the gland. My husband's right parotid gland swelled at about this time -- it was visually noticable if you looked hard -- and it was also somewhat tender. His RO said this was common. The swelling went down as radiation continued.
However what others have posted is correct, you need to have your doctor look at this and determine what is going on.
Gail
CG to husband Barry, dx. 7/21/05, age 66, SCC rgt. tonsil, BOT, 2 nodes (stg. IV), HPV+, tonsillectomy, 7x carboplatin, 35x tomoTherapy IMRT w/ Ethyol @ Johns Hopkins, thru treatment 9/28/05, HPV vaccine trial 12/06-present. Looking good!
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