Okay, I'm really scared again.

mixleader
mixleader Member Posts: 267 Member
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Well, I joyously posted on here back in November that my PET/CT scan was clean after surgery/rads for Parotid salivary gland cancer. Today, I met with my surgeon for a check up. I mentioned that I had been having some neck pain and I found a small lump around my jaw line. This made me a bit nervous. My surgeon said he doesn't know what the lump is, but he did not like the looks of it. So, now in two weeks, I go in to have this little lump removed to see what it is. I'm really scared, folks and I could sure use some support. I have had two surgeries, radioactive seed implantation, 30 rads to the neck, 6 months of facial palsy, and now this. I know that many of you have been through worse, but this is really beginning to wear me down.

Roger

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  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #2
    Sorry Roger
    I am hoping that this lump will turn out to be nothing. I certainly understand why you are anxious. I went thru a scare with a mammogram back in June but thank God it wasn't anything to be concerned over. I was a wreck for a few days and I knew I wasnt handling it very well. I don't think I have it in me to go thru it all again. Please keep us posted and if you would like I will certainly pray for you.
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #3
    Thoughts and Prayers
    Coming your way Roger....

    I can definitely relate, as I'm sure anyone on this board can....we all worry and have anxiety over most anything that is out of the norm. Especially after going what we all have.

    Thoughts and prayers that it turns out to be nothing serious.

    John
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #4
    Hi Roger
    Pain in the neck and lumps are not uncommon. I get them now and then when there is an infection or something in my body or in my head. They stick around for a few weeks or so then go away just like they came. The ones I do worry about sometimes are the ones I get in my testicular; don’t want to loose anything more down that way then what I have already lost.

    All the best to you my friend and I will also keep you in my prayers
    Hondo
  • Hal61
    Hal61 Member Posts: 655
    #5
    Just a lump
    Hi Roger, I'm hoping with you it's nothing but a lump. I have some loss of feeling in my left neck from dissection and it's so uneven now in the area that I'm always trying to feel if there is a lump, or if it's just part of the bumpy road that been left there from the surgery. Like Hondo said, a lot of work or radiation in a spot can easily grow cysts and scar tissue, so glad you're getting rid of it in two weeks.

    best, Hal
  • josh r.
    josh r. Member Posts: 264 Member
    #6
    Continue to hang tough
    Hi roger,
    I can only imagine what who have gone through and are now facing again. My only advise I can offer you is to do what you have obviously done in the past...fight and never give up. Your set back(s) can certainly test your will but you have proven how strong you can be and I would guess that you have a close support group. Be sure that you have us out here praying for you to win out again. All the best, Josh r.
  • Pam M
    Pam M Member Posts: 2,196
    #7
    Looking Forward to Your Next Joyous Post
    Roger,
    Really hoping your surgeon doesn't like the look of any jawline lumps, and that yours is not cause for concern. Sorry you have to wait two weeks to get rid of it.
  • adventurebob
    adventurebob Member Posts: 691
    #8
    With you
    Hey Roger,

    You know; it ain't nothing but a lump until it's something else. I'll be praying for it to just be a lump. We're all here with you. Much strength and courage to you.

    Bob
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #9
    adventurebob said:

    With you
    Hey Roger,

    You know; it ain't nothing but a lump until it's something else. I'll be praying for it to just be a lump. We're all here with you. Much strength and courage to you.

    Bob

    Roger
    I like what Bob mentioned in his post before me. I will pray that it is just a lump also. I drive myself bonker's looking for those sucker's. It is so easy to do that! I wish you my best & hope all is well.
    God Bless
    Roz
  • Glenna M
    Glenna M Member Posts: 1,576
    #10
    adventurebob said:

    With you
    Hey Roger,

    You know; it ain't nothing but a lump until it's something else. I'll be praying for it to just be a lump. We're all here with you. Much strength and courage to you.

    Bob

    Ditto Bob!!
    It's natural to panic and think the worst but as Bob said, "it ain't nothing but a lump until it's something else". Until the biopsy results are in it's still only a lump and I will be praying that it remains that way.

    My best to you,
    Glenna
  • Pumakitty
    Pumakitty Member Posts: 652
    #11
    Hi Roger
    Roger,

    I will pray that it turns out to be nothing. Stay strong and know that we are here for you.

    Kathy
  • Noellesmom
    Noellesmom Member Posts: 1,859 Member
    #12
    Praying for you, Roger
    And hugs to you, too.

    With everything you have been through, how could you not be nervous?

    With everything your body has been through, how could you not have lumps and bumps?

    Whatever it is or is not, you will get through this.
  • Jan Trinks
    Jan Trinks Member Posts: 477
    #13
    I can relate Roger
    Hi Roger:

    I can relate to being worried. If you've read my posts you know I refer to myself as Basketcase! Here's praying that it's nothing serious and I hate that you have to wait for two weeks to find out. Stay strong and keep positive. Prayers coming your way!

    Jan (Basketcase)
  • mixleader
    mixleader Member Posts: 267 Member
    #14
    Scared Again
    Thank you all for your wonderful responses. This has helped to lift my spirits. My personal physician and my immediate family have all told me to "Get this thing out and test it", so I am going ahead with the surgery on Jan 21 to see what this critter is. I refuse to accept that the beast is back.

    Roger
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #15
    mixleader said:

    Scared Again
    Thank you all for your wonderful responses. This has helped to lift my spirits. My personal physician and my immediate family have all told me to "Get this thing out and test it", so I am going ahead with the surgery on Jan 21 to see what this critter is. I refuse to accept that the beast is back.

    Roger

    Hi Roger
    Good decision on getting it out of your body, will keep you in my thoughts and prayers on the 21st that all goes well.

    All the best to you my friend
    Hondo
  • harper rose
    harper rose Member Posts: 13
    #16
    Hondo said:

    Hi Roger
    Good decision on getting it out of your body, will keep you in my thoughts and prayers on the 21st that all goes well.

    All the best to you my friend
    Hondo

    Roger, hugs to you...
    It amazes me...all the lumps, bumps and puckers that come and go at will! Ah...the new normal. I am praying for you. Hugs, HR
  • Ron49
    Ron49 Member Posts: 91
    #17
    I Understand
    Hi Roger,

    I am going through this for the 1st time but I think I understand. I am starved for information and the waiting is agonizing. I feel like I am on a rollercoaster and I can't get off. My kids sent me an article on the power of positive thinking and it was helpful. I have to keep reminding myself to think positively. I will be thinking of you and hoping for only good news for you my friend.

    Ron

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