Dinah,
I am still experimenting with eating. I have eaten diced peaches, rice krispies, pasta with plain marinara, chicken noodle soup, a little fish,and even tried, not too successfully, cheese enchiladas and frijoles. It is a slow process.And, although I can taste food, it does not taste as good as it used to. However, I am happy that I am making progress and look forward to one day getting rid of the PEG.

Karen,
You are the first person other than me who has talked about shoulder pain. It hurts when I reach out or up with my right arm and I have a little pain from time to time in both shoulders. When I asked the various doctors about it, they say that they are unfamiliar with this side effect. However, it seems logical to me that the way that radiation spreads ( after all it affected my esophagus ) that it could affect shoulder joints.

Danny G.