M, You took my comment exactly as I meant it. Please do not be concerned about this debate thing.

For some reason, even if I stay out of this debate I have the ability to piss people off.

Why this PEG subject is so provoking I will never understand. It has to be in the world of Sigmund Freud. The debate has been so strong that we now have several forum members that will not dare identify that they did RT without a PEG. I have resigned myself to believe if someone new comes to this site they are going to be told that a PEG is the only way. There is very limited interest among most here to consider the impact of this one-sided opinion. I really hate to say this but, for this one subject, I am happy I did not find this site prior to my treatments. If I had, I would have had yet another thing to freak out about. It was 2 years out before I found OCF and never knew about PEG feeding until then. My RO never mentioned it and I trust he knew what he was doing.

Gary has just done an outstanding job of putting plaster over this PEG issue but I am unimpressed by the lack of interest, among others, in posting neutral information and balanced views on this subject.

I have NEVER pushed for people to refuse getting a PEG. I ASK that you all not push people into getting them! Gary has said it well this is a matter for the patient and doctor. Letting people know that they have options is what we should be doing. If someone needs or wants a PEG more power to them. If someone really wants not to have a PEG they should know, by what they read here, that it is possible to get by without one.