Meredith,
I hope all goes well with you and your husband. We are about 6 months post treatments and my husband is really back to "normal". Good sleeping and eating (although still complains of dry mouth.) It is interesting to note that the jugular surgery might have been the cause of the cranial pressure and possible the apnea. It is also interesting to note that he had rad/chemo first and then surgery second. My husband had surgery first (radical neck as well as cancer lesion from base of tongue.) and did not develop breathing problems until well into and after the radiation. That is why we believed it was the swelling from the radiation and from increased and thickened mucus that caused the problem and not surgery. (It was at least 8 weeks after surgery that he developed the problems.)
Please let us know what your doctors and the swallow clinic say about the breathing/sleep problems. Take care.
BC