John,

If it's any help I did radiation only. I did not get a PEG. I made it through OK. I did have to soldier through a few weeks at the end, but I made it.

We have a thing here that we call the PEG wars (debate to get the PEG or not) The end result of that war are some very polarized personal opinions. I got lucky and never realy needed one. There are a few here who would have ended up in the hospital without one. I recommend getting one just in case.

Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR