Thanks for the great info! He's rinsing at least 3x per day, and on a combination of soft foods and Jevity, trying to keep the calories and hydration up, but probably need to nag a bit more.... ;-) also taking pain meds as needed.


Wife to patient with poorly differentiated, non-keratinized, squamous cell carcinoma in one tonsil. Stage 4. T2N2 with metastisation to three lymph nodes of the left neck.
Dx Nov '14
Tonsillectomy and neck dissection Nov '14
Chemo (cisplatin) & radiation started 12/10/14