The inside of your throat is damaged, Radiation damages muscles - and the effect can be long term, and it also effects the way you swallow - it can also damage you epiglottis which helps prevent fluids and food from entering your lungs. This is all why a peg should be kept in place post treatment (plus the fact - as someone else told you - that rads continues to get worse after you've actually finished treatments)
Try thicker fluids this should help with some of the aspiration.
Hugs...


Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan