It is 2:00 a.m. and I can't sleep distressed that my husband's post treatment oral health has taken a dive in the last 4 months! We knew he would experience loss of taste and dryness of the mounth, but slowly his jaw has gotten painful and infected, tongue has become paralyzed and he has difficulty swallowing. He was referred to an oral surgeon who wants to do a mandibulectomy and create a new mandible from his leg bone. We are advised that he runs the risk of having a permanent trache and feeding tube, and we are struggling deeply with whether to do this or not. Please help us.