It's been two months after the surgery and I can say my father is doing well. We had the results of the MRI last week and they confirmed that the cancer is still there. They have detected a new lump the size of 1cm x 1cm at the back of the base of the tongue. Initially he was only going to have radiation treatments. But with this new development we have no choice but to have chemo treatments administered as well. The drug to be used is Cisplatin. During the course of the 7 weeks of radiation he will have 3 chemo treatments. I was wondering if the side affects others have experience are as bad as "the list" provided by the doctors??? Are there any suggestions to ease the symptoms? He has a G-Tube for feeding so I'm hoping that his nutritional intake will not be affected. On Monday he will start radiation and on Wednesday he will have the 1st round of chemo. I've stocked up on club soda for rinsing. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.