My husband after brushing his teeth, cleaned his tongue which scraped/ peeled, last night there was blood. I have told him not clean the tongue anymore and brush softly.
Only 2 weeks of radiation so far. Is it normal to experience it.
Please advice.


Caregiver to husband 40 yrs. Was diagnosed SCC 09/2010. Soft palate, lft of tounge. Stage 4 HPV-
Radiation 70 gy & chemo start Nov 1 End Dec 17/2010.
1MRI-7 Mar 2011. Neck dissection-14 apr 2011. Lymph nodes removed 36 just 1 had cancer. F/U CT Scan-19 may 2011. "Cancer Free" as per doctors!