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tender and swollen neck 7 weeks post radiation

jenandheath
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Dec 23, 2012 - 11:47 am

My husband 2was diagnosed with invasive squamous cell ca of the epiglottis. The staging was cT2N2cM0 Stage 4a.
He had 35 radiation treatments totaling 7000cGy and 2 6 hour treatment session of Cisplatin. He finished his treatment on
October 26,2012. The past week and a half he has been having throat pain saying it is feeling really tight, sensive to touch, and slightly swollen. Is this normal from the radiation treatment?He keeps playing ot off as nothing, and doesn't have his follow up PET Scan until the 15th of January.
hrowe
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 Joined: Oct 2012
Dec 23, 2012 - 12:20 pm
It sounds like lymphedema. I

It sounds like lymphedema. I also had a 4A tumor at the epiglottis and around 8 weeks out post tx my neck started swelling.

Does the swelling get better during the day?

I see a lymphedemia therapist who has experience in head and neck. Most only do limbs. She has taught me massage techniques and I sometimes wear a jovipak designed for the neck.
jenandheath
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 Joined: Dec 2012
Dec 23, 2012 - 12:27 pm
Was your cancer in lymph

Was your cancer in lymph nodes on both sides as well? Would my husband call the radiation oncologyst for that therapist?
hrowe
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 Joined: Oct 2012
Dec 23, 2012 - 1:30 pm
It was also into my lymph

It was also into my lymph nodes.