Welcome stevens the beginning of treatment is very similar to mine. And yes the lack of saliva will hinder your eating maybe even more than you think. but this symptom for most and definitely for me will get better with time. My radiation had to be modified to what ended up being less than someone without HIV+ status.(not to be confused with HPV+) and my MO could only give me Erbitux because I could not tolerate Cisplatin.

Shawn u.

. Radio/Erbitex:(35/6.) .6/13 RSSC with met.to left neck.9/11/13 MND with left tonsil removal.9/18/13 margins failed, .Dx Terminal. 10/22/13 Dx.StageIII Lymphedema. Carboplatin/Taxol, cancer progression,WECF
3/14/2014 given 2 weeks, 3 maybe. All the veins in my head are slowly leakinging due to Ehlers Danlos syndrome. lucky thing is that my spinal fluid leaking out my nose is slowing the build up of pressure in my huge, huge head. you would not believe.