Hi DEG04,

Welcome to the OCF forum -- I'm sorry to hear what you and your husband are going through.

Recovery from radiation is generally a long, slow process. As Dan mentioned, different people have different responses to the treatment, but it's not unusual for it to take many weeks, if not months, to get back to a reasonable level of eating ability. A rule of thumb that you will see quoted elsewhere on this site is that you should probably figure on a month of recovery time for each week of radiation.

It's critical for your husband to keep getting the nutrition he needs during this period, and if the tube is working better than eating by mouth, he should keep it up as long as necessary.

Please keep us posted on how he is doing and feel free to come back with more questions.

Cathy