I'm six months out of radiation treatment and have found lots of ups and downs in my recovery. I'm not talking about psychological or emotional state; I'm referring to weeks that are good with little discomfort followed by weeks that aren't so good, ie more symptoms, usually mouth sores like your husbands, but it can also be just a perpetual bad taste in the mouth, not easy to get rid of. I suppose bad tasting food or food with no taste also plays a role.

I'm telling you this so your husband will know he is not alone in having these problems. He is probably progressing normally, whatever the definition of normal is.

Just tell him to keep fighting, it gets better over time, it sometimes just takes a long time to get there.

Tony

Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good