HI Tom,

Welcome to the board...I'm sure you will get other more detailed answers than mine...I never had the PEG tube when I went through radiation and I am just now starting chemo.

From all the answers I've seen on the board it seems as if a good rule of thumb has been 1 month of recovery for every week of radiation. Although everyone is different I found this was close in my case (still have a bit of a swallowing problem on some things) My radiation ended on January 25. Besides eggs, one of the first foods I was able to eat was meatloaf with lots of gravy. It tasted wonderful, and the mashed potatoes with gravy went down too. You might try that, being a ground meat it was not hard to swallow.

As for the depression I will let more experienced people handle that question, because I've read some really good answers from members of this forum regarding depression.

Take care,
Dinah