Sounds like your husband is taking lots of good small steps. And sounds like he has a wonderful caretaker in you. I send him and you all good thoughts. Mucus and mouth secretions are my biggest problem, toward early morning today I felt a wee small change for the better. We take what we can get, right? -Michelle

SCC left tonsil, stage IV, HPV+, metastatic to one lymph node. Biopsy 12/23/10; tonsillectomy 1/13/11; DX 1/25/11; Peg in 1/28/11. Peg out 6/29. TX 1/31/11-3/21/11: 35 IMRT plus 3 Cisplatin. Pet-Scan 6/20/11 = CLEAR! Three years out, learning to live with the long-term side effects of radiation while reminding myself to feel blessed.