just finished week 4 of treatments to 20 down, 1 treatments to go. things seem to be going well. lost my taste recently but its really just neutral so eating a spft diet of lots of creamy pasta that seem to work well as i am mainaining weight. That sore throat from a couple of weeks ago went away on its own and hasn't been a problem since. i sense the soars on my mouth getting worse but not yet bad enough to need magic mouthwash for eating. i takng everyone's advice and drinking alot of fluids. prob 6-8 bottles of water a day and a shake in morning. ot a bit tired last fri/sat and now today (friday). looking forward to going to the us open gof tourney on sunday as i scored a ticket and live very close. will be avoiding sun at all costs. haven't shavd since i started and have a few spots where beard stopped growing or hair fell out. funny looking. overall I feel good. followng in gary's footsteps. will post soon