Sherry,

I had a PEG and I probably would again. To be honest, I can't even imagine how uncomfortable a naso-gastric tube would be. I would strongly suggest you have your dotor stick that horrible thing in his nose and see how much he prefers it then. eek Not to muddy the water too bad but I read a study (can't remember which voume of ANNALS it was in) about more issues with the naso-gastric versus the PEG. Besides, who wants to walk around with a tube hanging out of their nose for a few weeks/months?

Ed

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