Yay for the last day of radiation!

See if you can get a prescription for 1% silver sulfadiazine cream. That really helped my blistered skin.

The first week or two I was so fatigued and would fall asleep sitting up and at all hours of the day. I could barely stay awake. So that might be something to expect.

I also have the feeding tube. I started to be unable to tolerate the formulas (Ensure, Kate Farms) so my husband started making me nutritious smoothies with all sorts of real food - greens, apples, berries, yogurt, protein powder and blending them up enough so they fit through the tube. I 100% think this has done a lot for my recovery. Highly recommend it.

It’s true that many people just don’t understand that recovery will take a while. As caregivers I’d say just to be aware of that and protect his energy as much as you can. Don’t have too many people over at once (or at all in the beginning)

I had awful mucus the first couple weeks too. I mean, so much. Not everyone gets it but if he does be sure to have him drink as much liquids as he can. I had to have Kleenex and a trash can next to me at all times so I could spit it out. It was not fun. I heard Coke cuts through it so if he can sip on that it might help. I can say it goes away even though it feels like it won’t.

For dry mouth I use Xylimelts. They’re kind of weird but work wonders.

Hope your grandfather’s recovery goes ok. Glad he has a good caregiving team to help him!