CB

Wanda's point is excellent. My experience was also that despite being in a hospital that was part of a CCC, interventional radiology basically puts in the tube and then you are totally on your own. Zero guidance, zero follow up.
So I would mention that.
Also the distinction between a feeding tube and a PEG is important. By definition,any feeding tube put in by interventional radiology can not be a PEG since both the P and E are missing, that why's it's a G tube or G button. I have never had a PEG, but from reading OCF posts, many do not appear to get follow up guidance. But for G tubers, this is the one and only way they can survive, while many here on OCF have the PEG "just in case" and use it sparingly if at all.
Last but not least, I'd discuss the various feeding options: gravity bag, bolus syringe, pump and how nobody seems to think it is their responsibility to explain any of this or the advantages/disadvantages.
Finally, you can tell them they are lucky I'm not the Medical Czar, because I'd make every doctor get a PEG as part of their residency and use it for a month exclusively so they would not be so cavalier about urging people to get one and they would be empathic about the need for follow up information. Guess I won't be getting any invitations to speak wink
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