Hi Glenda, there's a lot of tonsil cancer patients here including my husband Jack who completed chemoradiation in June. His tumor was caused by the HPV16 virus and is participating in the clinical trial at Johns Hopkins for the vaccine to prevent recurrence.

It took him several months to feel remotely like himself but he feels pretty good at this point. His swallowing got a lot better once he hit the 6 month mark, and he's one of the people who had improvment in dry mouth from acupuncture - it doesn't work for everyone. Are there specific questions you have?

Regards JoAnne