Hope he understands that stoping treatment is not an option, and I know your role of being the cheerleader is a very hard one. We did not have to deal with Erbitux and rad at the same time but I am sure that is causing him extra difficulty. We used the neosporin too- also Lidocaine Plus- but in your case, his face must be absolutely clean before each rad! Remember that the rad techs and the Docs have not gone through this and you do really need to push for help. A in Oz