Is it ok to massage my swollen lymph node and shoulder?

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    • May 29, 2014 at 9:32 pm
    arthurjedi007
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      In late april the lymph node on my collar swelled a lot for the first time.

      I have a large tumor in my shoulder blade where they believe the mel travelled from to the lymph node. The CT part of the PET/CT shows the shoulder blade bone met soft tissue involvment at 8cm by 6cm.

      I noticed for the past several days it and my shoulder feel hard as rock every couple days. So maybe like an idiot I massage them and they get back to almost normal softness. Is it ok for me to do that? Am I messing up the PD1 that might be causing this? Does anyone know what is going on?

       

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        • May 30, 2014 at 10:48 pm
        POW
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          Sorry, Artie, I have no idea. You will have to check with your doctor or NP. I will say, however, that this could be a good sign. I mean, you never had this hardness with all your other treatments that didn't work, right? So maybe this hardness is a sign that the MK-3475 is working!

          Actually, I seem to recall other patients here talking about their palpable masses getting hard and then soft every couple of days. They seem to think it was the treatment working. So maybe the hard/soft has nothing to do with your massages, it's just the way these things go. 

          • May 30, 2014 at 10:48 pm
          POW
          Participant

            Sorry, Artie, I have no idea. You will have to check with your doctor or NP. I will say, however, that this could be a good sign. I mean, you never had this hardness with all your other treatments that didn't work, right? So maybe this hardness is a sign that the MK-3475 is working!

            Actually, I seem to recall other patients here talking about their palpable masses getting hard and then soft every couple of days. They seem to think it was the treatment working. So maybe the hard/soft has nothing to do with your massages, it's just the way these things go. 

            • May 30, 2014 at 10:48 pm
            POW
            Participant

              Sorry, Artie, I have no idea. You will have to check with your doctor or NP. I will say, however, that this could be a good sign. I mean, you never had this hardness with all your other treatments that didn't work, right? So maybe this hardness is a sign that the MK-3475 is working!

              Actually, I seem to recall other patients here talking about their palpable masses getting hard and then soft every couple of days. They seem to think it was the treatment working. So maybe the hard/soft has nothing to do with your massages, it's just the way these things go. 

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