I certainly awarded myself a medal for getting through without a peg! My oncologist advised against getting one because he didn't want me to become reliant on it, my radiologist felt passionately that I get one. My rad and I made a deal that if I lost 10% of my body weight I would get one. I lost more than 10% but I would load down my pockets and took to even wearing boots to boost my weight! After treatment was finished, and I didn't care what my weight was, I hopped on the scale and my rad almost fainted because I had lost so much weight. He wanted to put a peg in after all my treatments and I had to break it to him that there was no way in hell that was happening.

Kevin, I'm a Memphian also. Had my rad at Baptist east and chemo at West Clinic. Curious if we share any Doctors. Lawson is my oncologist and Marks was rad.

George