I am the primary caregiver to a cancer patient in my household. He completed 6 weeks of chemo, followed by 32 radiation treatments combined with 2 doses of cisplatin. After the last radiation treatment his throat was excruciatingly sore and a culture revealed strep throat. So, we had a course of penicillin and he developed oral thrush and then we had a round of diflucan to get rid of it. He took so much pain medication, including liquid morphine, that he just had to be admitted to the emergency room for withdrawl. When do some of these issues go away? He has been through so much, and I am exhausted. We don't have any family here to help with his care and I have to work every day. Please tell me it gets better before too long. Is there anything else I should be preparing for?