I'm in my third week of a seven week course of radiation (or, as I like to think of it, 12 treatments down, only 22 to go). While I am experiencing a little difficulty swallowing (so I'm focusing on soft but still solid food), I am nowhere near having any nutrition or hydration problems. I am also receiving chemotherapy during this period and when I saw the oncologist Monday, he pushed hard for me to go ahead and get a feeding tube. A few more facts: I haven't lost any weight even during the induction round of chemotherapy, I didn't have surgery, and I haven't thrown up once.

Given that I seem to have tolerated all this pretty well so far, am I being stupid in resisting the feeding tube? It seems really drastic in light of how I'm doing so far. I know it gets significantly harder as time goes on but I can't help feeling that we're jumping the gun if I'm not experiencing that much difficulty yet.

Thoughts? (and thanks in advance)
Laura