I've completed 15 out of 30 radiation treatments. I don't have a feeding tube. My throat is so sore that I am on an entirely liquid, very smoothly blended, diet. Taking in anything via my mouth is at risk now because I cough uncontrollably every time I try to drink anything. It is unbelievable how much I cough when I put liquid into my mouth. It literally takes me a half hour just to drink an 8 ounce glass of something. It has gotten so bad that the coughing, more than the pain, is going to drive me to a feeding tube.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is this coughing normal?

Thank you,
Mark