Pam:
I haven't been on this site in awhile so I'm sorry it taken some time to answer your posts.

I had a PEG. I went under a mild anesthesia when it was inserted. It looks like a small plastic disc with a tube coming out of it. I had it in the whole time I was in treatment, but never used it. But as I said before, I was a very unusual patient, most people have trouble swallowing.

I would definitely advise getting a PEG.

Sandy


Sandy 56, BOT SCC Biopsy 1/21/09 Stage 3, T3NXM0.
Finished 3 cycle induction chemotherapy 4/7/09. (Chisplatin, 5-fu and Texotere). Re-staged 4/20/09,(very successful.) Will start Carboplatin/radiation 2 Gy/5 days/7 weeks (Tomotherapy) starting May 4th. Finished 6/22/09.
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