As can be seen from my signature, I have extensive node involvement - too widespread for either surgery or radiation, so only chemo for now.
However, I have a series of questions that have been running through my head for a little while - as the cancer is extensive in the nodes, does this mean they can't function as normal? If so, what happens to the function they should be performing? What happens after chemo - are the nodes destroyed, or do they just go back to "normal" afterwards? (The node they removed from my neck, according to the path report, was completely taken over by the cancer.)
Just wondering what effect this all has on the lymphatic system as a whole, if large portions of the nodes are incapacitated?
Thanks for any information.