My husband is 5 weeks out from completing radiation and chemo. He is so much worse than he was after surgery. His tongue and mouth feel swollen most of the time and he doesn't have much control over his tongue. He can only manage swallowing water. His G tube provides all of his nutrition. Last week we were in the ER because he couldn't swallow hardly at all and felt his airway was getting smaller. They did a CT scan and scheduled to to a swallow evaluation next week. So my question is have any of you that had similar surgeries had the same issues? Do you think 6 weeks out for a swallow evaluation is too soon? Do you have any suggestions to alieviate the swelling that seems to be constant? I would appreciate any advice or comments.
Thank you,
Valerie