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Bill H
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:30 am    Post subject: May have throat/neck cancer...question for docs and anyone Reply with quote
I am a 42 year old male. I smoked for about 18 years and have been quit for about 9 years. I eat right, excercise and live right. I have had swollen lymph nodes in the neck and back of my head for several months now. While going thru tests and months of doc visits they were putting me on antibiotics. When I am on the antibiotics (6 cycles to date) the lymph node pain and swelling goes down, then when the antibiotics are over they swell again and get painful. This has held true thru several cycles of antibiotics. I know that antibiotics will not make cancer better but....My first question is just because there are swollen lymph nodes,that doesn't necessarily mean that cancer is in the nodes correct? It could be somewhere else and the nodes are just swelling in defense correct? If the swelling nodes do not contain cancer and are only swelling because of cancer somewhere else, would antibiotics reduce the swelling temporarily? Obviously I'm looking for a reason to relieve the stress I am under. I am so worried. So far they cannot find anything to explain why they are swollen and have been extremely painful for so long. I am really worried. Has anyone ever heard of having swollen and painful lymph nodes for so long and it not be cancer. It's not mono, lupus, HIV, Hepatits, Thyroid, or any other simple infection that would explain it. Would I be losing weight if it were cancer? I've actually gained weight. They cannot find anything with a CT scan or from scoping my neck. I would love to have anyone's opinion. Thank you
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:50 pm    Post subject: Re: May have throat/neck cancer...question for docs and anyone Reply with quote
Hi Bill. I have already replied to another of you post so rather than write it all again I will just give you the link:

http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=8912

Good luck.
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