Just another thought about people who are able to swallow can do without a PEG - my husband was able to swallow but, following his first chemo treatment, did not want anything to do with food, so he had a PEG put in so that he could get nutrition that way, as he lost about 8 lbs the week he started chemo.
Michele

Michele, caregiver to husband, Jesse, SCC diagnosed 1/5/06 unknown primary, lf neck mass >6 cm. Chemo (Cisplatin 2x; Carboplatin & Taxol 2x) & XRT radiation 39X ending 4/4/06. Rad neck dissection 8.5 hrs 4/13/06. 30 HBO treatments Fall 2006.