Hi Bill, to give you further encouragement and support, I am the one who received XRT together with chemo to treat my T2N3M0 tonsil cancer 4 years ago.No surgery, no feeding tube. In fact I was never given the option of IMRT or was I even aware of its existence. I have always been an ignorant and obedient patient who seldom argued with doctors ( good or bad? it depends!)Dry mouth problem is really frustrating but is not intolerable.With a bottle of water around, I can go anywhere and eat anything. In fact I usually still have half of the bottle full when I return home.
So far, I have no regret that I was not an IMRT patient and as Brian said, not everyone is a suitable candidate. I have been in remission for 4 years and everything is back to normal, almost 100%.
Sorry, Gary, 'remission' is the term my oncologist used to describe my status and he refused to declare me fully recovered at this stage and I obediently accept his words.

Karen