Make sure you get proper nutrition both before and after treatments. Your PEG is you friend! I didn't get enough nutrition and ended up back in the hospital on an IV for a couple of days. After that, I made sure that I kept taking Ensure Plus, as well as drinking a lot of water. I had more problems with the after effects than with the actual treatments themselves. It really saps your energy.

Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.