Unfortunately the Erbitux side effects will probably get a little worse further on into treatment. You'll see in the previous posts on this thread that skin cracking can get bad. Your husband might not be up to fixing up a house or maybe he will just have to take it more slowly than he would like. Ditto on keeping your fears to yourself. My husband's parents are wonderful but I don't want to stress them even more. My father in law told my sister in law that he doesn't think I'm telling him everything. I don't think he really wants to hear it. He didn't want to hear it when I told him my husband's cancer had spread to lung. According to the doctors he cannot be cured, only treated. Even my husband doesn't hear it. I guess we can only process so much information that we really don't want to hear. This is the best place to come to for coping. I think this site saved my sanity. Feel free to pm me about the Erbitux.
Sue