Hi John and welcome.
I would say a time line of PEG tube in october and eating by January sounds pretty good to me,but you are right ,in all my years of nursing i have never seen such a devastating disease.
Sounds to me like all is going well,and jump right in with any questions.

liz

Liz in the UK

Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.

Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.