Thanks Marica, yes he uses humidifiers I bought him (in every room--he wanders alot at night). I'll check out the suction machine. He used one after surgery while still in the hospital and that helped alot.
Daughter of 75-yr-old Dad with tongue cancer (T3NOMO) surgery and rt neck dissec 4/27/05; completed 27 X IMRT on 7/01/05; recurrance w/ surgical removal of another SCC tumor on 10/7 (he's also nonHodgkins lymphoma survivor since 1/94)
