Cheryl and klo, thanks for the feedback. You're great! If it were me (or my sister) with cancer, treatment at Dana Farber and getting the PEG and the port would NEVER even be questions. But my mom is concerned about all these things, so my sister and I are trying to provide her with all the pluses and minuses so she can feel comfortable with her decisions.

Will respond to your other comments and questions later today, when I'm sitting down and reviewing everything.

Little Bird, CG to mother, diagnosed March 15, 2013, age 70, non-smoker, non-drinker
BOT, HPV+
Cisplatin and 35 days of radiation, completed June 13, 2013.
Looks like they got it all. (knock on wood)