Yes, I want to be clear that tough guys do indeed get PEGs also.
For some it's just not an issue, for others like myself, it's major. I'm sure many PEG proponents are as baffled by my feelings as I am of those posters who don't want as much pain medication as possible. On that issue, I do go with the conventional OCF Wisdom: pain does not help healing - get relief.
Yet some posters don't want to do opiates or worry about addiction and they "tough it out" with minimal medication.
Finally, it was not my understanding from my RO that if I needed to get the half hour operation for a G=tube, that my radiation treatments would have to be interrupted more than one day, but again individual doctors vary. Most ROs will not do a major second round of radiation either, but mine did.
This decision just underscores the importance of meshing with your doctor. I recall DavidCPA went thru 4 of them before finding a keeper.
Charm