THey have not rebuild his palate yet. ENT doc.said he will probably always have diff. swallowing. Still doing all tube feeds. Eating small amts of pudding. Now they are watching the open bone jaw area for osteroadionecrosis. Looking at hyperbaric oxygen therapy. He continues to have a lot of jaw pain. Is supposed to be taking bites of food but his jaw hurts when he does.

Jonelle(wife) SCC Rt tonsil, 1 node + with capsular spread Stage 4 10/26/12 Rt tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection Finished tx 1/23/13 30 radiation to both sides, 2 cisplatin PEG still in. Doing Vital Stim. Inside jaw now open to the bone.