All that I have read suggests that surgery is the better option. TORS surgery is literally cutting edge, isn't it? And it looks as if that type of surgery will require much less hospital time. With luck you might not have to have chemo which I understand intensifies the effects of the radiation.

But all of this is doable.

I was never offered a PEG but used a nasogastric tube until my mouth healed. Could that be a middle way? (Other people here are very knowledgeable about the PEG.)

Having a well thought out plan of action is very reassuring for cancer patients and it sounds as if your doctors are onto it:)

Best wishes.

1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.