[quote]Did I mess it up by going b cold turkey?[/quote]Uh. yea. Like Uptown says, don't do that again. You seem to be doing just fine. Just keep getting calories as you can, hopefully by throat as that ensures fewer problems long term with swallowing. Plus that PEG will be history as soon as you can count enough calories going down the gullet.

Things take time so one day at a time. Eat, drink, and do control the pain. The radiation is very hard on the tissues that are radiated. It usually kills sufficient tissue to give you lifetime scarring under the skin that feels like tight and tough spots. That is normal. Good luck