Dear Jessica,

It sounds like you have the present situation well in hand. I like the idea of getting the neighbors to invite your girls over for dinner. It will be a diversion for them and a break from the smell of food for your husband.

Now that radiation has started, do make sure you check the skin on his neck regularly for signs of skin breakdown, especially in the folds. Do you have scent-free cream/lotion ready? You might want to bring it with you to the treatments and have him put cream on his neck as soon as he comes out of treatment -- but, NEVER before treatment as it will intensify the effects of radiation on the skin. Think of an egg frying in cooking oil.

Take it a day at a time and you will get him through treatment.