Hi Cocofrance - welcome to the family. I am 3 months post radiation treatment (no chemo) and am seeing those after treatment effects discussed above, though they are only mouth and throat tenderness when eating. Improvement seems to be coming slower than I expected.

With multiple surgeries and then both radiation and chemo your brother may be uncomfortable for awhile to come.

If he is capable, get him to join this forum also. The direct contact between him and others will be beneficial to him in ways a caregiver can't address.

Tony

Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good