Welcome Amanda...I"m new to this site but go thru it daily..and I print out the info I think my mom & us caregivers (daus) might find useful...and I'm printing out this pain management suggestions too. My mom's 87 & had done 5 of the 7 Erbitux treatments..it has slowed the growth of the HPV...but she has 4 new areas....We didn't think she'd do the rad treatments...but she has now decided to. She doesn't want the cancer to eat her face out. No nice way to say this. It's gone thru her hard palate and is on the sinus floor..in her chin & 3 other new areas in her mouth. Never smoked, never drank..married to my dad 64 yrs (& 15 minutes)...She & we are terrified of the rad treatments & in reading the posts, we have reason to be. But she has the PEG tube..it's keeping her weight steady now..at 102 lbs.! Can't get in the 5 feedings...but doing the 4 & is able to eat a little by mouth. She's tried to start picking up her fluid intake since I've read what I have here. She takes the a med before feeding for the nausea. So, i guess I'm feeling more "prepared" to help her since I've been coming here for help. Her Drs are 100 mi away...and no cancer support group that I know of in our town. So my 2 sisters & I will do the best we can for her. I just am thankful for the people & information I've found here.