Hi Gordon, I think what you are going through is completely normal. My husband after completing his radiation/chemo treatments had pretty much the same problems afterwards - and even to this day, still has a problem with dry mouth and some mouth sores and the taste buds have not completely come back yet either. He finished his radiation on 11/29/02. Everyone is different, and with my husband, since he has other health issues - takes him (it seems) longer to heal than a lot of other people. He didn't have the PEG and swallowing was very difficult - but eventually got better. Hang in there, you are doing good so far, and everything sounds par for the course.