Gerry

Welcome to OCF. So sorry you had to join our forum. But it's a great group. I'm delighted that you followed my advice to your initial private message to post here on the board. We have wonderful caregivers here who can provide you that unique caregiver insight that a patient like myself cannot.

To get the ball rolling here, I'll repeat my initial suggestions:
First and foremost, go with your husband to his next doctor's visit. Post after post here documents that husbands often don't complain or explain to the doctors at a visit just how much trouble they are having. Instead they complain to their caregiver ! Speak up at that next visit.

Secondly, a sore throat and difficulty swallowing are part and parcel of radiation and chemotherapy. At this time of year, it's also very possible that he has a cold (virus so anitbiotics won't work) which attacks throats even harder when they have rad/chemo TX.

Third: remedies which have worked for us
- Gargle with Salt water
- throat lozenges
- "magic mouthwash" - a prescription mix of lidocaine etc that most of used at one point or another because we had the exact same problem your husband has. Again, you need to ask/demand this from his doctor

Last but not least: make sure your husband is getting both enough water and calories. I lived on EnsurePlus the last weeks of my radiation as I could not swallow solid food. He only needs six cans a day to get 2000 calories. Others swear by Carnation VHC which has even more calories in each can

So there may not be anything "wrong", but again speak up at his next doctor visit and ask at least for the magic mouthwash prescription
Charm