Congrats to you father for finishing his treatments!!! Im sure he feels relief that its all a thing of the past. He is one of the tough guys who struggled thru and made it without the tube. Thats not an easy thing!

Recovery can take much longer than most patients think. A total recovery can take a full 2 years. His sense of taste will be off for at least 2 months after finishing rads. It will be like everything else he went thru, good one day and bad the next. But then again, he had a break so he could bet better quicker than most. The sense of taste will very slowly improve as time goes on. Its all about the texture of foods right now, smooth is best. My after rads diet consisted of chocolate peanut butter milkshakes, canned peaches, won-ton soup and tapioca pudding. Thats about all I ate for the first couple weeks when i was relearning to eat.

The thick mucous will stick around for another couple weeks then it will turn into dry mouth seemingly overnight. A water bottle will be his new best friend.

Its very important that your father still take in 2500 calories and 48 oz of water daily for at least the first year. After what he went thru his body needs lots of extra calories to rebuild itself. Adding high protein whey powder to his beverages will help with his heeling.

Best wishes with your fathers continued improvements.