O.K, just so everyone knows up front,I have a serious issue with the beginning of Pete's post. In our experience "the loss of weight during radiation" was nothing we could control. John had a peg and we knew how to use it, but after several weeks into the rad tx, keeping his weight up to par was a constant battle-which we lost-. Down the road, he did gain it back, but it took lots of determination to do it. How your body reacts to treatment is not in your control, so please don't feel bad about that. What you can do is learn everything you can do to counter those effects. Amy in the Ozarks