Hi Warren, glad you are getting good treatment. As a caregive, I would like to give you a few suggestions that might make your next few months easier. 1. Try to gain some extra weight now[unless you are overweight] 2. Once rad tx. starts, listen to your body and rest when it tells you to. If you can continue work-great-but plan on some "power naps" during the day. My husband [much older than you] had floor of mouth cancer with some tongue involvment the 1st go round. IMRT to both sides after surgery. No chemo. Since the recurance, he has had more extensive surgery, jaw bone replacement and is due to start chemo soon. The rad tx. wiped him out the 1st time [and he is a fighter]I haven't been able to determine from what I read here that there is any difference between whether you were being treated for throat,tongue, etc. as far as how you respond to rad tx. It seems to be up to each individual's tolerance. 3. Do think seriously about a PEG. If you get in trouble with swallowing, it can keep you alive. Keep the rest of your body as healthy as possible while you are having rad tx. Best luck, Amy