Paranoia strikes at night...

Probably not possible.
When they do the test run and modeling for the calculations for radiation dosages, it's based on a scan taken while you are under your brand-new mask. At least, that was my experience. Any further involvement of lymph nodes would be seen then. Be that as it may, by all means, DO discuss this new node with your doctors.

Deb

phrannie51 said:

I showed the Rad-doc the node I'd found....
he said, not to worry...that they'll be nuking all the lymph nodes near to the two that lit up in the PET scan...that eased my mind a lot.

p

Another node
Not to worry, Phrannie. Just make them aware ot it. As has been stated, the rads will be applied to a number of places, and the new swelling will be one of them, for sure. My lowest was real close to my Thyroid, and wondered it it was Thyroid C, but it wasn't.

Go for my 3-year PS/CT tomorrow, as you will also someday do. Punched-out after 8-hours just for the occasion! Oh yeah. OF NOTE to all who just happen to read this: radiation place where I go even finally advised that I do a Xanax before the scan, which is a subject that was discussed a couple years ago, here, as a result of a study which noted the tissue reaction to Xanax makes the probability of a falsePositive less. Just something for all to consider.

kcass

Kent Cass said:

Another node
Not to worry, Phrannie. Just make them aware ot it. As has been stated, the rads will be applied to a number of places, and the new swelling will be one of them, for sure. My lowest was real close to my Thyroid, and wondered it it was Thyroid C, but it wasn't.

Go for my 3-year PS/CT tomorrow, as you will also someday do. Punched-out after 8-hours just for the occasion! Oh yeah. OF NOTE to all who just happen to read this: radiation place where I go even finally advised that I do a Xanax before the scan, which is a subject that was discussed a couple years ago, here, as a result of a study which noted the tissue reaction to Xanax makes the probability of a falsePositive less. Just something for all to consider.

kcass

Xanax...
I'd be better off taking the xanax for the few days after until I get the report, LOL....

Hoping for nothing but great news on your upcoming report bro.

Best,
John

LeoS2323 said:

No Harm In Telling Him
Best to make the radiologist aware phrannie, just in case. Also you don't want to kick yourself for not mentioning something.

Nodes can obviously go up for different reasons but of course in our case it's obviously a major concern. Seem to be different approaches to dealing with nodes though - my oncologist is taking all of mine out from around the one which was definitely cancerous to investigate them in the lab, before deciding on radiology; whilst yours seem to be getting zapped?

Good luck with everything!

All the best

Leo

Hi phrannie
Make sure the doctor knows every little thing that you might see or feel in your head or neck. I hate when they tell me that not to worry bit, I normally say would you not worry if it was in your neck.

Wishing you the best
Hondo

Skiffin16 said:

Xanax...
I'd be better off taking the xanax for the few days after until I get the report, LOL....

Hoping for nothing but great news on your upcoming report bro.

Best,
John

Paranoid
I sure understand the paranoid part. Xanax was my friend for a year after finishing radiation treatment for stage 1.5 squamous of
my tonsil scar tissue. If I get a sore place, a canker sore, anything I am panicking until I see the ENT. I am due for my six month
checkup this month. I just noticed a funny little white calcium spot behind my bottom back molar. Its probably always been there
but now I notice everything. And for the first time my ears are itching internally again. Freaks me out. After radiation my ears
never itched at all for a few years. Also, why for this squamous cancer of my tonsils do I have to get six month checkups for five
years and then yearly checkups for life. Other cancers, with stage one, say Melanoma just go for five years and then no more.
I see other people with different types of cancer progress to just once a year. I don't understand it.

I found my cancer very early thanks to my dental hygienist. She had been telling me I was not getting the plaque behind the tooth.
She said to floss while looking in the mirror. So I was doing that and looked down my throat. And saw a little tiny pink bud. It
was where my tonsil used to be. I thought, oh maybe my tonsil is growing back. Went to Doctor. Sent me straight to an ENT.
They said, How did you find this. I never had any symptoms. No enlarged nodes, no trouble swallowing nothing. So at first they
were not sure what treatment to give me. I had surgery. And finally they agreed on Toma radiation, pin point with daily scan just
before radiation. I am sure all the scanning will come back to bite me in the butt but I am 65 so hoping I don't live that long to find
out. What bugs me. They did repeated biopsy's wanting to find it was caused by HPV virus. But it never came back like that.
Well, about five years before I had this Bowens squamous removed from my forehead. He did excising all around the borders, sent
to lab. Felt he got it all. but it was so near my eyebrows. I read that Bowens can travel down eyebrow or hair folicles. I said to the
Oncologist. Don't you think maybe this is the squamous that started on my forehead. He said, Cancer doesn't travel that way. It would
go to your nodes from your forehead. The longer I deal with specialists, the more I realize they don't know anything. I have had two
PET scans. No cancer was found anywhere else. So now three years later. No more PET scans. I asked why not. The Radiologist
said, Because during your seven weeks of radiation you had a daily scan. We never saw any return or growth of the cancer. It worries
me as I just had a friend who passed her five year checkup for Melanoma in UK. And they never did any scans during checkups. Just
manipulated her nodes on leg, behind knee. Now in her sixth year she has a lump in same spot where original Melanoma occurred.The biopsy says Melanoma. Its in nodes behind her knee. Now they do the MRI and CT scans to see if spread anywhere else. Why not have
done them at 2 year checkup or 4 year checkup. She said, why did I go for checkups, and who knows how long this has been still lurking in my body. I think maybe UK medicine is not so good. I am going through constant dental work. Already three crowns in the
side where radiation was directed. And three more buckle fillings on that side. I can see I will lose all my teeth. And I had such good teeth. Sorry for the Rant. I still have anger issues over the treatments. I think once you have had cancer, it is always there, maybe microscopic but there. The best thing to do is make your body as inhospitable to cancer growing as you can. Eat healthy, drop sugar.
Eat unprocessed good. Limit exposure to too many electronic devices. I no longer use a cell phone. I feel for everyone on here. I have walked in some of your shoes. ps I am thinking about getting my xanax prescription back just to get me through all these dental treatments. And does anyone know when your thyroid quits working. I was told due to radiation my thyroid will quit and I will need to take thyroid. Well, its been three years and I am tired of getting this blood work every six months. How long does my thyroid function after radiation. Or maybe they were wrong. Heaven forbid, they might be wrong. Sorry, I just do not have a lot of faith in the medical doctors anymore. I realize now they are just practicing medicine.

sparroweye65 said:

Paranoid
I sure understand the paranoid part. Xanax was my friend for a year after finishing radiation treatment for stage 1.5 squamous of
my tonsil scar tissue. If I get a sore place, a canker sore, anything I am panicking until I see the ENT. I am due for my six month
checkup this month. I just noticed a funny little white calcium spot behind my bottom back molar. Its probably always been there
but now I notice everything. And for the first time my ears are itching internally again. Freaks me out. After radiation my ears
never itched at all for a few years. Also, why for this squamous cancer of my tonsils do I have to get six month checkups for five
years and then yearly checkups for life. Other cancers, with stage one, say Melanoma just go for five years and then no more.
I see other people with different types of cancer progress to just once a year. I don't understand it.

I found my cancer very early thanks to my dental hygienist. She had been telling me I was not getting the plaque behind the tooth.
She said to floss while looking in the mirror. So I was doing that and looked down my throat. And saw a little tiny pink bud. It
was where my tonsil used to be. I thought, oh maybe my tonsil is growing back. Went to Doctor. Sent me straight to an ENT.
They said, How did you find this. I never had any symptoms. No enlarged nodes, no trouble swallowing nothing. So at first they
were not sure what treatment to give me. I had surgery. And finally they agreed on Toma radiation, pin point with daily scan just
before radiation. I am sure all the scanning will come back to bite me in the butt but I am 65 so hoping I don't live that long to find
out. What bugs me. They did repeated biopsy's wanting to find it was caused by HPV virus. But it never came back like that.
Well, about five years before I had this Bowens squamous removed from my forehead. He did excising all around the borders, sent
to lab. Felt he got it all. but it was so near my eyebrows. I read that Bowens can travel down eyebrow or hair folicles. I said to the
Oncologist. Don't you think maybe this is the squamous that started on my forehead. He said, Cancer doesn't travel that way. It would
go to your nodes from your forehead. The longer I deal with specialists, the more I realize they don't know anything. I have had two
PET scans. No cancer was found anywhere else. So now three years later. No more PET scans. I asked why not. The Radiologist
said, Because during your seven weeks of radiation you had a daily scan. We never saw any return or growth of the cancer. It worries
me as I just had a friend who passed her five year checkup for Melanoma in UK. And they never did any scans during checkups. Just
manipulated her nodes on leg, behind knee. Now in her sixth year she has a lump in same spot where original Melanoma occurred.The biopsy says Melanoma. Its in nodes behind her knee. Now they do the MRI and CT scans to see if spread anywhere else. Why not have
done them at 2 year checkup or 4 year checkup. She said, why did I go for checkups, and who knows how long this has been still lurking in my body. I think maybe UK medicine is not so good. I am going through constant dental work. Already three crowns in the
side where radiation was directed. And three more buckle fillings on that side. I can see I will lose all my teeth. And I had such good teeth. Sorry for the Rant. I still have anger issues over the treatments. I think once you have had cancer, it is always there, maybe microscopic but there. The best thing to do is make your body as inhospitable to cancer growing as you can. Eat healthy, drop sugar.
Eat unprocessed good. Limit exposure to too many electronic devices. I no longer use a cell phone. I feel for everyone on here. I have walked in some of your shoes. ps I am thinking about getting my xanax prescription back just to get me through all these dental treatments. And does anyone know when your thyroid quits working. I was told due to radiation my thyroid will quit and I will need to take thyroid. Well, its been three years and I am tired of getting this blood work every six months. How long does my thyroid function after radiation. Or maybe they were wrong. Heaven forbid, they might be wrong. Sorry, I just do not have a lot of faith in the medical doctors anymore. I realize now they are just practicing medicine.

One Liners....
Man, that's a lot of one liners.....LOL.

As for your thyroid...you mention getting blood work every six months. If that's the case, they should be checking your Free T4 and TSH levels, both are indicators of thyroid function.

There is no absolute that yours will go out. Some on here have had problems, most that do are easily treated with Synthroid or some other synthetic drug.

Others have had no issues...

Best,
John