I am new to this board. My husband was diagnosed with cancer on June 28th, a small tumor on his tongue and it went to the lymph nodes on one side of his neck. He had surgery on July 12th, to remove the tumor on his tongue and 32 lymph nodes (2 had cancer in, 1 big one let cancer cells escape) He now faces 6 weeks of a clinical drug and chemotherapy once a week, and radiation 5 days a week. He starts the clinical drug tomorrow. It has shown promise in stopping future tumor growth but it also tends to intensify the radiation and chemotherapy side effects. ( He is scared of what he will have to endure, he has already been through so much. It was the hardest thing in the world for me to see him in such pain after his surgery, am I going to have to watch him suffer more? He has a feeding tube but is eating well at this point, still can't eat chunky meat or lumpy things. I know the feeding tube will come in handy when he can't eat due to a raw, sore throat with the radiation. They don't want him to lose weight, but he has already lost a total of 20 pounds. I started him on Boost and Ensure yesterday. I would love ideas on how to boost his immune stystem during all this. I am doing as much research as I can with 6 children at home. Will he not want to be around his little ones when he is feeling his worst? Our youngest is 3 and can't understand all that is going on. We also have two adult children who have been a tremendous help.