Hi richard robin and i are located near Portsmouth in England .Your diagnosis is almost the same as robins except his was N2.Rob was in hospital for his surgery for 4 days and returned to work after 2 weeks.Radiotherapy was decided on but he wasnt offered a PEG tube.On day 15 he was admitted to hospital to have a PEG tube in his abdomenfitted.He had it done in the x-ray department under sedation,and when he came back to the ward he had no recollection of the procedure which involved an endoscope being passed down his throat and a hole punched through his abdominal wall.He was discharged the next day.Robin lost a huge amount of weight in the first two weeks of his radiotherapy,and the PEG WAS INVALUABLE .He has absolutely no problems with it and it takes all his nutrition and medication.the tube tucks neatly in to the waistband of his trousers
Liz in the UK