Ramon

Nope, to paraphrase Bob Dylan, It ain't me you're looking for man to convince you to get a PEG. As a grizzled veteran of the PEG wars here on OCF, I'm on record as to my personal feelings and remain very glad I went the first year of TX without a PEG and would have done so a second time if I physically could have swallowed after the surgery.
I believe that I am unique among all the PEG commentators in that I have done a full course of radiation and chemo BOTH ways, without a PEG in 2007 and with a PEG in 2009. So I can actually speak from personal experience instead of conjecture.
It's so much easier with a PEG but "necessary" only if you can't swallow or eat enough to stay healthy. Everybody is different, and to many the PEG was no big deal at all, and all my fuss has been simply silly or even dangerous and irresponsible.
Charm


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13