Thank you all. It is reassuring to hear that the PEG insertion wasn't a piece of cake. I swear it seemed like he'd aged overnight. He complained of pain and nausea afterwards but seemed a little better each day. He was reluctant to eat much of anything, even with encouragement, which is a concern because he doesn't have any time left to make up ground, much less get ahead. He's already down to 60 kg and it hit me how skinny he is already in spite of putting in a great effort to eat these past few weeks. He knows how important it is, everyone has told him he doesn't have the weight to lose but getting himself to eat when he feels poorly is going to be a battle -- for both of us. I predict at some point we will have words over this.

He started radiation yesterday and gets the first of 3 rounds of cisplatin today. Cross your fingers................