By the time of diagnosis I was swallowing only liquid so had emergency PEG tube surgery so I could get enteric feeding. My 10 radiation treatments were palliative with the aim of dulling pain receptors in my back from the constant pain from spine metastasis. It gave me a bad case of esophagitis. The chemo and now immuno therapy the esophageal tumor is shrinking and I’m on the verge of being able to swallow thick soup ( in small amounts). Once that happens. I’ll put weight on ( my low was 113, I’m at 117 now and my healthy weight is 135. My goal is eating small amounts of regular food by September plus all the sautéed food I want, and I’ll make up any caloric shortages with formula through the G tube. I assume you do not have a feeding tube at this time - hopefully you can get by without one.