Thank you all very much for your replies! I did mean Thanksgiving 2013--we are just two months into this.

We did take him to the dentist and she gave him an extra fluoride treatment and wants him to come back after 3 months to be sure, but he had no cavities and he started Rad on time this week. He received his first IV of Cisplatin yesterday and feels really gross right now. But, thanks to the amount of anti-nausea meds he's on, still no vomiting.

I did keep forcing food on him the last few weeks. I made several batches of cookies and went through the McD's drive-thru constantly for shakes. But he had a little extra weight at the beginning. Ironically, in the last year he has lost close to 30 pounds from eating Paleo. So at least he enjoyed his bread and pasta more than he normally would have!

I think he is surprised at how bad he feels today, but he tends to be more of an optimist than I am.

One surprising thing is how few things the doctors tell you! We had to ask for a speech pathology referral and I was the one who made him go to the dentist (after reading this forum). He has three different doctors and none of them brought up those things. They seem very important for comfort and keeping the mouth healthy through all of this.

I am finding this forum to be very helpful.

Thank you all so much!