This is where that "everyone is different" really comes into play. I NEVER got any mouth sores from the radiation, although by the last quarter, my mouth was sensitive and my lips felt like they had a mild sunburn. However, chemo was awful to my body. Extreme nausea with every treatment and I had to be hospitalized the second time to get fluids back in me.

Again, everyone is different, so maybe he won't have many side effects.

DX on 05/01/06 with SCC of right tongue. 05/11/06 surgery-tumor 1.2cm & 4 cm clear margins & parital glos. & neck dissection with removal of 34 nodes/1 positive at 4mm)T1N1MO
35 IGRT & 3 cycles of chemo (1 cisplatin & 2 carbo-complete on 8/9/06.