Shelby

Sometimes "logic" works better for robots than real living people. In rereading all these post on your original question, I realize it's just a milder version of the PEG wars rather than tailored to your needs.
Everybody here, whether pro-Peg or Pro-swallowing naturally, will agree that you will not have a noticeable scar from the PEG.
Trust me, that little stoma is constantly trying to close. When you have the Peg taken out, it will amaze you how fast it will close up and then heal. You will have a cute dimple, not a nasty scar. Even after almost 4 years, my stoma keeps trying to close around the g tube which is a problem but not one you will have to deal with.
As everyone here basically says, it takes a superhuman effort not to get a PEG and do great, so you better have a super reason to struggle through it. I did, you do not sound like you do, nor do the majority of cancer patients.
Since your main concern is unfounded (scar), my vote is that you get the PEG.
Charm

Last edited by Charm2017; 02-20-2013 06:50 PM. Reason: typos

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