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Lymph nodes

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    • July 6, 2014 at 9:48 pm
    Happy_girl
    Participant

    How do lymph nodes feel if they have melanoma?  Sore? Just larger?  Hard?  Soft?   I'm just curious.  Thanks!

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      • July 6, 2014 at 10:24 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      Typical would be hard, not painful, and not movable, but that is only a generalization.  Certainly you can have pain, movable, and squishy.  Reactive nodes (benign) can be any of the above as well.  If it's a change and doesn't resolve itself in a reasonable period of time, then see your doc.

      • July 6, 2014 at 10:24 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      Typical would be hard, not painful, and not movable, but that is only a generalization.  Certainly you can have pain, movable, and squishy.  Reactive nodes (benign) can be any of the above as well.  If it's a change and doesn't resolve itself in a reasonable period of time, then see your doc.

      • July 6, 2014 at 10:24 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      Typical would be hard, not painful, and not movable, but that is only a generalization.  Certainly you can have pain, movable, and squishy.  Reactive nodes (benign) can be any of the above as well.  If it's a change and doesn't resolve itself in a reasonable period of time, then see your doc.

      • July 7, 2014 at 3:05 pm
      arthurjedi007
      Participant

      Mine started out unnoticable except by a pet scan. Then overnight it swelled kind of large. At that time it was soft. It was a little painful cause it is on my collar but also was swelling a little up the neck stretching my stitch scar on my neck. After a couple weeks the neck swelling went down and the lymph swelling went down a little to still large but it seems to have stayed the same size for a couple months now. Also for several weeks it remained soft then it would harden like a rock. I would massage it and it would soften up. Now it is just hard and stays that way.

      • July 7, 2014 at 3:05 pm
      arthurjedi007
      Participant

      Mine started out unnoticable except by a pet scan. Then overnight it swelled kind of large. At that time it was soft. It was a little painful cause it is on my collar but also was swelling a little up the neck stretching my stitch scar on my neck. After a couple weeks the neck swelling went down and the lymph swelling went down a little to still large but it seems to have stayed the same size for a couple months now. Also for several weeks it remained soft then it would harden like a rock. I would massage it and it would soften up. Now it is just hard and stays that way.

        • July 7, 2014 at 10:20 pm
        Ginger8888
        Participant

        Have you had a biopsy on it?..I have one swollen lymph node that has went down i believe because of my treatments, they did a biopsy about a month or so ago and found melanoma in it even after i did the 30 day interferon so i am on Yervoy now hoping it works..Mine was squishy and did move some, it was about the size of pinky finger and now i can't feel it at all..Good luck!

        • July 7, 2014 at 10:20 pm
        Ginger8888
        Participant

        Have you had a biopsy on it?..I have one swollen lymph node that has went down i believe because of my treatments, they did a biopsy about a month or so ago and found melanoma in it even after i did the 30 day interferon so i am on Yervoy now hoping it works..Mine was squishy and did move some, it was about the size of pinky finger and now i can't feel it at all..Good luck!

        • July 8, 2014 at 3:30 pm
        arthurjedi007
        Participant

        No biopsy on the lymph node. I have a huge 9 x 9 cm or so tumor just a few inches away on my shoulder plus lots of other more internal tumors. I'm hoping this Merck EAP PD1 works for me.

        • July 8, 2014 at 3:30 pm
        arthurjedi007
        Participant

        No biopsy on the lymph node. I have a huge 9 x 9 cm or so tumor just a few inches away on my shoulder plus lots of other more internal tumors. I'm hoping this Merck EAP PD1 works for me.

        • July 8, 2014 at 3:30 pm
        arthurjedi007
        Participant

        No biopsy on the lymph node. I have a huge 9 x 9 cm or so tumor just a few inches away on my shoulder plus lots of other more internal tumors. I'm hoping this Merck EAP PD1 works for me.

        • July 8, 2014 at 11:43 pm
        Ginger8888
        Participant

        Good luck, i hope it works..I'm a little surprised they haven't done a biopsy but i guess since you've already got a tumor that might be their reasoning..

        • July 8, 2014 at 11:43 pm
        Ginger8888
        Participant

        Good luck, i hope it works..I'm a little surprised they haven't done a biopsy but i guess since you've already got a tumor that might be their reasoning..

        • July 8, 2014 at 11:43 pm
        Ginger8888
        Participant

        Good luck, i hope it works..I'm a little surprised they haven't done a biopsy but i guess since you've already got a tumor that might be their reasoning..

        • July 7, 2014 at 10:20 pm
        Ginger8888
        Participant

        Have you had a biopsy on it?..I have one swollen lymph node that has went down i believe because of my treatments, they did a biopsy about a month or so ago and found melanoma in it even after i did the 30 day interferon so i am on Yervoy now hoping it works..Mine was squishy and did move some, it was about the size of pinky finger and now i can't feel it at all..Good luck!

      • July 7, 2014 at 3:05 pm
      arthurjedi007
      Participant

      Mine started out unnoticable except by a pet scan. Then overnight it swelled kind of large. At that time it was soft. It was a little painful cause it is on my collar but also was swelling a little up the neck stretching my stitch scar on my neck. After a couple weeks the neck swelling went down and the lymph swelling went down a little to still large but it seems to have stayed the same size for a couple months now. Also for several weeks it remained soft then it would harden like a rock. I would massage it and it would soften up. Now it is just hard and stays that way.

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