I also had the bad breath. My tongue had an ulceration that started to really open up in between the time when I first noticed something was wrong, until my glossectomy. By the time I went into surgery, it was as if my tongue was missing a piece the size of, well, imagine laying a piece of paper over a quarter and let 1/4 of that quarter stick out from under the paper. It was quite shocking.

Two more weeks to go. I hope things don't get much worse for him before that time. One thing that helped me somewhat, was rinsing my mouth with the water/salt or water/baking soda solution. OCF recommends both in the same solution, but my doctors didn't say to mix them, so I just cycled between salt or baking soda. Not sure of the merits of each option, so I just did what my doctors told me to do.