Hi Anita,
I am 5 months post radiation and am battling a sore on my tongue like your husband is. It scared the you know what out of me and after it didn't heal in a two week time frame, my otolaryncologist did a biopsy on it even though he told me flat out he wasn't concerned that it was cancer. He felt it was chronic irritation and that is what the biopsy came back with. It is now two months and it is just starting to heal, slow but sure. I also read an old post from Brian saying that there are many tongue and mouth lesions that take a few months to heal that are NOT cancer. Radiation causes lots of weird stuff that's for sure. Hope his sore proves to be exactly what mine is.

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.