Susie,
By nature I've been know to be something of a pessimist, but I have to share a story with you. My mom had a very aggressive chemo radiotherapy regimen and was producing close to zero saliva. Nothing was helping her. My MD is also a student of chinese medicine and does accupuncture. I told her about my mom's problems and thought what the hell. What have we got to lose? So I took mom in for accupuncture and I kid you not, for the entire 40 mile ride home, mom was producing saliva and spitting. I don't know if it was the accupuncture or mind over matter, but it worked. Having two parents with cancer I was having a real problem not being able to sleep. I was taking pills every night to induce sleep, and on occassion I would also take a couple of drinks. Realizing I shouldn't go on with that lifestyle, I tried accupuncture to see if it would help me sleep. It did. Again, it could be mind over matter, but it seems to be helping. Every now and again I still grab an Ambien or Xanax, but I thought I'd share my story with you. I would absolutely research accupuncture thoroughly to see what others have to say about the possibly of it not being good for cancer pts. I've not heard about that until today, but I too will look into it. One of mom's oncologists, who is also a neurologist, suggested accupuncture to help with neuropathy, a chemo side effect that my mom is dealing with. It's something I have to look into, but I thought it was interesting considering she's a patient at a teaching hospital that does not even consider integrative medicine. I'm sorry that you guys have to go through this. My best to you and your husband. Take care.
D