My Dad has has 2 lots of x 5 radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. he has secondarys in his lungs. He was admitted to hospital last Friday with severe pain in the soft tissue at the back of his arm. This had been going on for a while but he had'nt told me. Mum had been rubbing in Ibulieve which Dad said had helped a bit.
On Friday the Doctors examined him and he was quite tender under his arm. Alarm bells began ringing in my ears, has it now spread to his lymph nodes?? the docs were quite useless in the fact that they prescribes some codine, the pain eased so sent him home after a couple of days with a ct scan and oncologist appt pending.Someone did mention that it could be after effects of the radiotherapy, which finished around 6 weeks ago. Dad has also mentioned that the pain kind of moved to a bit further down his arm. Im completely baffled so if any one has any ideas or explanations I would be grateful to hear from you. good wishes to you all in your journey.
