Gary Allesbrook, read that you and I had the same cancer in the same location. My tumor was removed surgically, and also had a neck dissection, whereby 25 lymph nodes were removed, but luckily, very luckily only two closest to he tumor were affected. I went thru radiation for 6 weeks which knocked me flat on my back and was a nightmare and had to have a feeding tube put in. That is now out and I am eating however it still is painful to swallow, and I still get enormously fatigued. How about you? Also I have no saliva( areal bear to handle) What about you?