Barbara
Like all the others said, there becomes a time that he wont want to be social, plus when the radiation really kicks in food has no taste (if he is able to eat) and if he has had surgery, sometimes they can get really self concience of eating around people (even the ones your the closest to) I was pretty freaked out about the germ stuff because we have two children (dirty little buggers) ages 9 and 12 and they were in school at the time, I was sure every cold and flu bug would grab a hold of our household, so I stocked up on the old "airborne" and popped it in the kids and myself regularly. The doc also had Erik start taking some vitamins to help boost the immune system. BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE FROM THE DOCTOR, BEFORE STARTING ANY VITAMINS OR SUPPLIMENTS BECAUSE SOME CAN INTERFERE WITH TREATMENTS. So only do that on the doctors recommendation.
I will certainly be thinking about you all and hoping for a clean and germ free next few months!
Jennie