Mark, my husband's feeding tube didn't get placed until he was in his third week of treatment, that seemed to be when he was really starting to experience side effects from radiation. His wgt also started to decrease that week. He was overwht to begin with. We were both in the fence about the PEG before this but at this point decided he would heal better with the extra nutrition.The RO wanted to put it in at this time as well before he got any weaker. My husband hated the tube but I felt better with it and didn't have to worry about dehydration, meds, and getting nutrition into him. Good luck with your treatments, eat as well as you can. They still want you to eat even with the tube
Stay on top of your skin care, not sure what they want you to apply to your neck and face to prevent burns.
Keep us posted.