Jen

Rather than solicit OCF's poster's views on a PEG and risk igniting a new PEG war right before Christmas, I suggest you just do a search of this board on PEGs. It's precisely because the personal experiences of OCF posters vary so dramatically different that the PEG Wars started. What I learned from the Peg Wars was that the "bias" is that of the medical doctors who are split into two opposing camps. You are an exception in not going with your doctor's "bias" on PEGs. Some doctors insist on their patients getting a PEG or they won't treat them. Others discourage it and warn of swallowing complications. We all try to be helpful here and sometimes get carried away with how great a medical decision worked out for us personally so we share it and defend it to others. Add to that the trust we all have to place in our ROs on setting the radiation and it's not surprising that the patients of pro PEG doctors can't fathom the patients of anti-Peg doctors and vice versa. It's a highly personal decision and will be a perennial hot button here IMO.
We are all entitled to our opinions here, just not our own facts. The facts are that some patients don't need or want a PEG and others do. Don't even get me started on how unpleasant and troublesome a feeding tube is, especially when you will be on one for life.
Charm