I had my peg put in Thursday, was kept in hospital overnight, and yesterday had a Power Port inserted in my chest. Both procedures were done under "moderate sedation". It wasn't nearly moderate enough to suit me! Both Docs claimed they gave me lots of meds and were surprised that I was so lucid throughout. But, I got through it.Today, I hurt like hell at both sites. I haven't seen any posts about getting a port. Can anyone share their experience.

On the positive side, my PET/CT scan only lit up the tumor in my throat. Lymph nodes and lungs clear. I think I exhaled for the first time in about three weeks. It looks like my train is finally going to leave the station. IMRT (7 weeks), and Chemo (Erbitux weekly), start on Tuesday the 13th. Finally, I can start marking X's off my big wall calendar I bought just for this experience.