Ellen - so sorry to hear your hubby's feeling the effects. I don't know your husband at all but I do know that for me knowledge was power - of which I felt I had very little at the time. It meant a lot to me to know what was ahead of me and the timeline - I knew I had to make it through 6 weeks of treatment and then I knew I had to survive the 2 weeks after treatment. I waited everyday to feel better - I'm not sure how my psyche would have been affected if I actually felt worse every day when I expected to get better. I guess I'm suggesting that it might be better for him if he knows what to expect. Just my opinion based on my own experience.

Also - my mouth was so sore that I couldn't use the fluoride trays for a few weeks. The RO said not to worry about it - that the fluoride actually irritated the tissue and impaired healing - so the benefit to the teeth was not worth the irritation to the tissue for the brief period of time when the healing was priority. So ask the MD - might be ok to skip the fluoride for a short time - less pain and potentially faster healing!

Good luck - this is the worst of it - he WILL get better!!!!!