Kate,

I'm now 5 weeks after radiation and chemo and i still have a dark neck and patches of dark skin around the mouth so i guess its pretty normal. I'm still only eating pureed soups and very very soft food. I have started to try and eat solids but it rubs in my mouth and brings back lots of ulcers. Some of my ulcers have healed but then there are some that hasnt and of course new ones too depending on what i ate that day (if its acidic like youghurt then blisters will appear right away).

I try and have fruit smoothies in between meals to keep up the kilojoules and have noticed that i feel a little better each week. It is a very slow process.

Hope your Mum will start to feel better soon.

Minh