Lynn,
In 1980, when I was 26, I was treated for Nasopharyngeal carcinoma cancer. I was treated totally with radiation therapy. I went every day for about 3 months for treatment. My head from my eyes down, and my complete neck were treated.
In 1980 they told me that I probably had only about 6 months to live, but here I still am 23 years later! I only wish they had told me more then about some of the life-long side-effects that I was going to experience from the radiation treatment; things like a total loss of saliva glands, difficulty swallowing, inability to open my mouth anymore more than about an inch, etc. Tell your husband to work on stretching those mouth muscles and tendons now, before it's too late! Maybe then he won't have as much of a problem opening his mouth as I now have.
While I had over 20 years more of life, 2 years ago I was totally devastated when I developed osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) in my jaw. The oncologist and radiologist both told me that this new cancer was a direct result of the radiation treatment that received 20 years ago for the nasopharyngeal cancer. This bone cancer is even more deadly though than the nasal cancer.
In the past 2 years I've had 4 major surgeries on my head, and also went through 10 months of intensive inpatient chemotherapy in the hospital. I'm not giving up though! I had a long good run of 20 years of being cancer-free, and I hoping for another 20!
Tell your husband to hang in there, think positive, remember that there are many people loving and counting on him, and he'll be okay. And if he believes in Him, don't forget about God! It may be tough at times, but I believe that he can beat this! I'll also pray for him.
Feel free to write me or have your husband if he wants to. I'll help anyway I can, even if it's only to answer questions you might have.
Lynn