Well, I'm home after getting the PEG inserted at the hospital yesterday. They had already planned to keep me overnight for observation and, boy, am I glad they did. The first 8 hrs. after surgery was the most painful thing I've been through in my life. I normally have a pretty high pain threshold, but my stomach muscles were (and still are) really rebeling again having this intrusion! Even morphine was not cutting through the pain. Finally, they put Toradal in my IV and the muscle spasms calmed down. I worked M-Th last week and was surprised that as news of my cancer dx spread, how many people contacted me that they had a friend or loved one who has gone through the same TX.

I am glad to be home - pain meds are working unless I get up to go to the bathroom, etc. How long can I expect the pain to last? I would appreciate any experiences with pain related to PEG surgery.

Thanks,
Chris