I do not think there is any correlation between PEG tubes and the rate at which people can begin eating normally again. Even those patients who have them, still have to do some swallowing, they drink water for instance, and many like me are able to tolerate "smoothies" to augment what goes down the tube. So using a PEG does not mean

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