Dad skipped two rad treatments this week. Pain was too much. His radiation oncologist gave him new medications to try and he has been able to rest, eat, drink and talk. Boy, I hope we make it through this! He's lost 20# or so since his diagnosis. I wish we had gotten the same message about chemo and rads from both sets of doctors. One said do both and one said do radiation for sure, but chemo is probably overkill. Makes it hard to weigh risks and benefits when they don't agree.

Anyone here make it through rads without a feeding tube? What did you eat? Seems like everything but eggs, plain yogurt and sardines hurts dad's mouth or gives him reflux.