I also had granulation tissue around my Peg and they would use some silver nitrate on it and it would settle down.
Getting the tube taken out is overwhelming but not all that painful. I think the thought of what they were going to do was worse then the split second pain from the removal. They simply pull it out, quickly. Quick second of pain and they send you home. Take my word, it's a piece of cake.
Minnie

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.