Hi Miriam, Jack found that warm showers softened the gunk and then he would just damp it off with a wet qtip. Eventually the skin was fine and he got used to it.

It was very surreal during treatment, some days felt like it was happening to someone else but then you get a jolt of reality like the prescriptions and you realize it's for real.

There's great information on this site and you will find it useful.
Good luck, JoAnne

JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.