Thank you.

David, your signature reads that you did not go with a Peg. If there is a better place to question this, please let me know? Dad's a bull, body and mind--not overweight but thick muscled and headed. He has had more lives than a cat due to work related injuries that would cripple many, but at 77 he is better than me, he was hammering a roof last weekend. He took Cisplatin years ago for melanoma and worked daily through it. He wants to hold off on getting a PEG tube as long as possible.

I know he will change in treatment, and have a clue what's coming. Here's my rational thinking: He is 77. I am all for him being the strong guy, but now treatment includes IMRT. Rads will sneak up on him and whack him hard, and if he doesn't have a PEG, it won't be pretty. So GET the Peg. Do it when you have the strength now. Clean and play with with the damn tube daily if he wants to, he hates all the water and tea we're forcing on him now anyway, eat what you can and use the Peg if/when he needs it.

Thoughts? Again, thank you. I hope to return the support to others soon.