Swollen lymph node in neck

Hi and welcome 

Lymoh nodes can take a long time to reduce in size so please don’t worry. 

I am 18months since treatment ended -i had the same as your husband. My lymph node took ages to go down, and often went down and cam up again. Like you I thought if it went down the treatment was working - but that wasnt the case. Give it time (easy to say I know!) and it will work out. 

Im well now and hope I can reassure you that changes in the lymph node shouldn't worry you 

I hope your husband recovers well 

Rachel x

Thank you so much for getting back to me, it’s nice to hear from people who have experienced the same. Did the lymph node eventually go down, and if so, at what stage? They have told us that if it doesn’t go down it will mean an operation to remove the tissue which has us worrying.

We kind of thought it would go down during treatment, but still pretty prominent.

Susperella said:

They have told us that if it doesn’t go down it will mean an operation to remove the tissue which has us worrying.

Were you given a timeline? 

No, they have just said that if it doesn’t go down they remove the node and dead tissue. Curious at what stage they will do this? 

Exactly. You should ask. No wonder you are worried. 

Hi , I had a swollen lymph node which didn't start shrinking until my treatment finished. I wasn't told what to expect as far as my lymph nodes were concerned, I just kept bringing it up at oncologist meetings and she wasn't concerned with it. 

My husband has just finished his treatment and the lump on his neck is still there and quite prominent. I believe it has gone down somewhat but the doctors are telling us that that it is likely that he will need a neck dissection at around the 3 month scan time. We are still secretly hoping that the lump will continue to shrink and that it won’t be necessary- but due to being quite big, (egg sized) we are concerned.