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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 concerned Mother asks

Q: after chemo the skin under the eye swells up badly and makes it look as if the eye is closed

non hodgkins cancer - also has salivatory cancer on left hand side of face, gland removed for testing from below ear on right hand side of face, the same side as the swollen eye - could it be damaged tear duct

Helen

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PJ Hamel, Health Guide
8/18/09 3:10pm

Hi Helen - I'm sorry, this is a breast cancer site, and we don't know about other cancers. I suggest she ask her doctor about this; I donknow that chemo affects all of us differently, and she might be having a side effect no one else has... Good luck - PJH

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By concerned Mother— Last Modified: 12/26/10, First Published: 08/18/09