A warning for cancer survivors who get the COVID-19 vaccine:

[Staph]

I had my once-every-six-months CT scan last week, to verify that my endometrial cancer has not returned for the third time. The oncologist came into the exam room with a serious face - my existing cancer is stable, but there is a worrying enlargement of a lymph node in my left armpit. He will schedule a PET scan, a mammogram, and an appointment with a breast cancer specialist.

Needless to say, I've been in full panic mode for five days. A new cancer to deal with, after seven years of surgery and chemo and radiation and immunotherapy!

Then today, my mother pointed out an article in the local newspaper -- cancer specialists are warning that enlarged lymph nodes in the armpit or collarbone area may be due to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. When your body is reacting to the vaccination, your lymph system has to clean up after the fight.

My enlarged lymph node is on the same side as my second vaccination, which was ten days before the CT scan. Tomorrow, I'll call the oncologist, to suggest that we just update my mammogram, and hold the other tests and appointments until those results are back.



https://www.herald-dispatch.com/ap/swelling-after-covid-19-shots-may-cause-cancer-false-alarms/article_3a279b96-e41b-5bef-8325-074814fa9607.html


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