Hi, I am a youthful 80 year old woman right in the middle of radiation treatments at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. A squamous carcinoma was surgically removed from my lateral anterior tongue in February, and PNI was found in the biopsy. We're now doing radiation to the tongue and the lymph nodes, and I'm at the point where swallowing is very painful and I'm having trouble eating. I'm thinking that accepting a feeding tube might actually be better than struggling against these mouth sores. Does anyone have any experience that can help me?