Mum’s just been diagnosed with had and neck cancer after spotting it on another MRI scan. She’s already got stomach cancer stage 4, spread to ovaries. We thought it had spread again but turns out she has another primary cancer in mouth/throat/tongue!
Started in throat and it’s spread all over head and neck literally! It’s in lymph nodes measuring 19mm each side and under her chin as well as the floor of her mouth, tongue, jaw, neck/skull bones, sinuses, saliva glands, throat etc.
My question is, how big can the lymph nodes get before they press on veins/carotid arteries or before they cause major issues?
They are getting bigger by the week it’s scaring me. They can’t shrink them, she’s not eligible for any palliative radiotherapy or chemo, what can they do?
Sure there’s a point where they are too big? It’s hurting her to chew and move her neck. It’s just a horrible cancer is mouth/neck cancer, I’m so scared and no idea how long we’ve got left.
Thank you 
Thank you so sorry to hear what you’re going through too. Mum only has lymph nodes in her neck and these are causing her the most issues ie pain in neck turning head , chewing etc so was more asking
or people with neck lymph nodes as I’ve no idea how big they can grow without pressing on the carotid artery or veins
