John,

My case was similar to yours and my first and only symptom was a oval or egg shaped mass on the right side of my neck, just below my right ear. I am now going on 3 years clean and am sure you will take the same path.

You mention your PEG and also refer to things "not moving". If you are referring to constipation, "I can hear you brother"! I am a well worn veteran of that ride while I was in Tx. It was brought about by the pain meds and I followed the instructions of my Tx staff with stool softener and a vegetable type laxative as needed. That's the best advice I can pass along (no pun intended) to you in that arena.

Bill Dozier