Thanks, girlcat, but I am sorry to say that almost exactly 1 week later, the "yucky" stuff started and within three days, Bill was off all food and is now really having no luck with drinking anything. Thank God for the Peg tube. This is a man with a high threshhold and he is still very painful even with pain meds. I am grateful that his chemo has brought no nausea...that would be the final blow. 8 more treatment days( 2 rads a day and 1 more chemo) and we are done. Deb