Talim75, the driving and the teaching all on one day may be difficult towards the latter part of treatment. Radiation will make you fatigued and Cisplatin too. You might need to make alternate arrangements.

Do you do a saline soak at the feeding tube site before you put barrier cream? Soak some gauze with saline and put it on the site for ten or fifteen minutes, then put barrier cream and a clean dressing on. You should be doing this several times a day. We found the saline helped with healing and quite quickly too. Doing saline soaks several times a day for as long as you have the feeding tube is a good way to ensure that the insertion site does not get infected and keeps it clean. Dab gently when you are cleaning it, don't rub as rubbing causes granulation and granulation can be very painful and will bleed.