OK...everybody needs to remember that different PEGs have different terminations inside. There are the ones with the deflatable balloons and then there are some with more rigid ends that need to be pulled out. These are the ones that are momentarily painful.

Bill's was pulled by an RN at our Moffitt appointment. She was sent in by our doctor there to do the dirty deed. I had to turn my head but looked back immediately after it was out and Bill was simply sitting there seemingly glad it was out and not in any real pain. There was a little seepage at the site for about a day and then it healed up with no other problems.


Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!

Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill