Hi Rhonda. I just registered today and like you I was one of the "lurkers" on the website throughout my Dad's ordeal. After his surgery and before his radiation I got it stuck in his head that "we must fatten you up". And he listened. He went through the radiation and had immediate loss of taste and THICK muccous. I just kept telling him that he HAD to eat otherwise he wouldn't be able to fight all this damage to his body. As much as he hated it and just wanted to scream he kept eating. My mom would cook for him day & night and when she wasn't looking he would tell me how horrible it "tasted". But he knew he had to keep eating and he did. He didn't lose a pound during his treatment. Let your husband know he finished his treatments 11/9/05 and by Thanksgiving he got a taste of that bird. You'll see a bright and happy man again on that day. Much luck to you both. Patience is a virtue.