No need to sugar coat the PEG removal. It is quite painful but only for 2 or 3 minutes in my case. I had asked one of my nurses early on how the PEG was removed and she told me that they simply grab hold of it and yank it out. I thought she was pulling my leg but was never quite sure. It came time for it to come out and guess what? She had not been pulling my leg.

The nurse told me to lie back on the table and hold onto the sides of the table real tight. I did that and WOW! She then said be still and stay on my back and the pain will fade in a couple of minutes. I saw stars for a couple of minutes then sure enough, the pain gradually faded and was all gone after 5 or 6 minutes.

I have often wondered, when PEG's were invented and one was first installed, who had the great idea of simply grabbing it and yanking it out? Wonder who had it done to them first?

Bill D.