Thank you Lenny and Gary for your responses. Lenny I just want to let you know my husband said the neck dissectomy was a breeze compared to the radiation treatments he is receiving. He is very depressed about not tasting his food and sometimes he even gets angry about it, but at this point he is still eating normally, no feeding tube. He has not lost any weight yet, between the surgeries and the radiation and the doctor said that is unbelievable. He also is taking the ethyol and so far so good with that... but he still has a long way to go with his radiation treatments. Good luck Lenny with the surgery - from what I hear that is the easy part (compared to the radiation).