Karen
where are you getting treatment. Send me a PM.

I started IMRT twice, once they inserted the PEG tube they found another suspicious area and we decided to open up the radiation filed. If possible you want to start with radiation as soon as you can.

Did they get clean margins?
Since they are doing radiation it seems strange not to support this by concurrent chemo therapy. Perhaps there are other risk factors? Chemo is definitely putting the immune system in the toilet for a while, maybe they are worried about infection. You might want to discuss this with your RO as well.

M