Welcome lee33,

I had something similar to what you are having but my cancer was in my tongue and it had spread to 1 node in my neck. I did not have chemo but did suffer through radiation.

If you have not read it already, the most important thing you can do is keep eating on a very regular schedule to:
1) Keep you mouth muscles working -- radiation will make it increasingly difficult but you are much better off if you keep swallowing food.
2) Keep hydrated -- radiation will make the skin feel much worse than the worst sunburn you have ever had.

I don't mean to scare you with this but you will experience it. It is short term, although when you are experiencing it, it seems like an eternity. I used my sense of humor to get through it.

If you have any questions as they come along, you are in the right place. Ask us.

Jim