Hi Michael,

Was thinking about you as I was driving back from Saratoga and hoping everything was going well for you. I don't like the sound of 'this thing' in your throat nor do I like the drs answer. I think I would have pushed him for specifics, unless you really don't want to know. I forget, did they completely remove your tonsils when you had the surgery or just the tumor?

I can sympathize with you over the pain from the gas. While I never had a Peg, I had a tubal years ago and the hospital brought me a huge dish of pasta right after I got out of recovery which I wolfed down since I hadn't eaten for more than 24 hours. An hour later I was in so much pain I thought I was having a heart attack. Lasted for about 4 hours until I got up to go to the bathroom, got dizzy, made it to the bathroom with nurses help and then promptly passed out. That cleared the stomach and intestines and no more pain. No thanks, never again.

Take care,
Eileen