My husband had his PEG put in yesterday as day stay surgery. Everything went just dandy until the ride home in the car. He started to feel sick then he passed out and puked his guts up. In that order. While I was driving on the freeway. He didn't aspirate but it was pretty awful. He's felt awful since. Doesn't want to eat, feels sick to his stomach, colour washes out at times and he's hardly gotten out of bed. He's a little better this evening but still way worse than I'd have expected.

The PEG site looks good, he hasn't had a fever or anything but I'm concerned because he's had the wind knocked right out of his sails.

I think this is a big physical hit when it is stacked on top of a general anaesthetic 6 weeks ago (biopsy/panendoscopy) followed by having most of his teeth removed in two lots against of background of cancer. I can't speak for him but it also seems like a huge mental hit -- now there's a tube coming out of your body and the discomfort and nausea is just a dose of what is around the corner............

Anybody else out there feel dreadful after having their PEG put in?

He starts radiation day after tomorrow and chemo sometime in the next 3-4 days although we are still waiting to hear exactly when.