Hi Cindy --

Your husband's DX sounds like my husband's (tonsil, base of tongue and 2 nodes) but they staged it "sort of between 3 and 4" not that it made a difference in treatment.

One fairly easy thing to make that everyone can eat, that uses all pre-prepared or canned stuff:

Cream of Crab soup: (very caloric)

1 pint canned or boxed chicken stock
1 14 oz. can sliced white potatoes
1/2 pound claw crab meat
1/2 onion chopped or use dried onion flakes
1 pint light cream
Seasoning -- salt and pepper in moderation, esp. if someone has a sore mouth. Have Old Bay Seasoning on side to add to non-sore-mouth bowls -- it is too "hot" for someone with radiation sores.

Put stock, canned potatoes (drained), onion or onion flakes in pot, heat to boiling then lower heat and simmer. When onion is soft, add crab meat. Simmer about 5 minutes, and at same time, break up crab meat with spoon into smallish bits. Add pint of cream, stir, bring back to almost a boil, remove from heat. Soup is best if left for flavors to "merge" overnight and then reheated, but can be eaten immediately.

If someone is having a problem with swallowing solid lumps, puree soup in blender. It then becomes a lovely crab bisque!

This recipe can be used with shrimp, clams or a white-meat fish to make cream of shrimp soup or fish or clam chowder.

Gail