Minnie & Michael: Thanks for the response. I went to her monthly checkup today and asked the ENT specifically why so many people on here are saying the PEG was essential to their survival and why no one has even mentioned it to my sister. He seemed totally surprised and said he's never seen a young, otherwise healthy person not be able to get through radiation without a PEG. He said if my sister was 75 or had major health problems he'd recommend it - and he did say if she lost a lot more weight they would do it. I told him about this website and that I thought the majority of people were not really very old at all. Anyway - we'll see how she does in the next week!