Good luck and Gods speed to you both Oscar and Jenna.I was diagnosed 3/05 with stage 3 scc of my left tonsil. I will say the first few times in the mask was a bit scary. Where I had my treatments on the ceiling above me they had a 10 foot by 10 foot glass picture of a scene from the north woods of Minnesota. It was all lit up and was almost hipnotic.It really helped.They said the idea came from Japan. Markus is right the mask will losen up as you lose some weight. I tried to look at it that the mask was a good thing. It meant that the radiation was coming to destroy the cancer cells. I to kept my mask it reminds me of how far I've come in my recovery . My thoughts and prayers will be with you both in your battle ahead of you.