I suggest you use the search function of the boards for the word PEG. It has caused some heated discussions and both sides have valid arguments. I'm a PEG user and advocate. I and others have voiced the pros and cons of it all, not all science based, but spoken with true desire to help someone else. I was one of the longer PEG users at about 14 months. I also had more than the short term morphine for pain in my mouth and throat. I went through before IMRT was around. There are some issues related to dysphagia, and what causes it. This is a major argument in the PEG wars and if you do not understand what causes it at the end of reading things, feel free to call me or ask and I will send you some peer reviewed opinions on the issue of swallowing. This is the main issue in my mind. I refused to have a PEG until week 4 when I lost enough body weight that the decision was taken out of my hands by my treatment team. MDACC has a strict policy about this, and I was too beat up at the time to fight it any longer.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.