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Paratoid gland remove l and complete dissection

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    • June 4, 2018 at 3:23 pm
    Suebette4467
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      In was told I was going to have paratoid gland removal and Complete lymph node removal. And the immunotherapy with Opdivo. Now my surgeon and oncologist are going to do a Ultrasound and biopsy i guess to double check??? Which is fine, but I just want to get this over with!!.I help raise my 5 yr old granddaughter. She will be visiting her mother . I am just wondering if a 50 yr old had this done and what recovery time? Thank you

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        • June 6, 2018 at 3:29 am
        miaka618
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          I’ve had my parotid and lymph nodes removed from my right side and it wasn’t that bad for me. There is feeling loss in the area and my mouth gets dry on that side, but recovery time was only a couple weeks. They did bump my facial nerve which caused partial paralysis on that side of my face. That took several months to recover. First bite syndrome was pretty bad. It’s where you get a pain in your cheek from eating something sour, only it happens with everything you start eating. What was hard was when they went into my neck and took out 30 more lymph nodes. My neck was so stiff for quite a while. It was hard to drive because I couldn’t turn my head.
          Good luck!
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