Raymond, I finished treatment in Dec.01 and three weeks after completion, I was able to eat semi-solid food-- congee. It is rice cooked in a lot of water for about an hour and to add nutrition to it, you can put meat or fish in the water. Of course I couldn't eat the meat but it was good enough to maintain my weight for a while.As regards the mucus, it would gradually disappear and one day you would discover that you don't need any more tissue paper. About your lymph node, I think the radiation is still having effect on shrinking it. Two months after treatment, I could still feel the lump on my left neck but when I had the scans, the report said it could not dectect cancerous cells and so operation was not recommended.Make sure all the necessary tests are done before further action.

Karen stage 4 tonsil cancer diagnosed in 9/01.