Is he using any swish-n-spits or swish-n-swallows for the mouth sores? Baking soda and salt mixed in warm water works well too...

I used pain pills, liquid pain med, the patch and morphine during different parts of my tx...

7-16-08 age 37@Dx, T3N0M0 SCC 4.778cm tumor, left side of oral tongue, non smoker, casual drinker, I am the 4th in my family to have H&N cancer
8-13-08 left neck dissection and 40% of tongue removed, submandibular salivary gland & 14 nodes clean, no chemo, IMRTx35
11-4-08 Recovering & feeling better