Hi all,

My husband completed 6 rounds of chemo and 5 days x 6 weeks of radio therapy for tonsil/one lymph node HPV positive cancer. He has a PEG, which he was using ok until week 5. He then started vomiting  and it was thought he stomach was sensitized, so he was admitted  and starved for a week. He is now home week 9 but very thin and are trying to gradually increase his tolerance to food and fluids via the PEG.  Hes on liquid morphine for his throat but is trying to swallow small amounts of yoghurt. His pain is severe when he swallows.

I would love to know how people healed, how long it took for throat pain to reduce, to get their  swallow reflex back to normal, eat sufficient soft nutrition  and rebuild their weight and strength. 

We werent expecting him to be this frail, so any after care guidance would be really helpful.

Thanks.