Robin,

Just a side note, Harry did not get his PEG until he was almost finished with the rad txs. He only agreed to it when the doc told him it was no longer an option. But he did not stop txs to have it put in. As a matter of fact, that evening they took him down to do his rad tx as scheduled.

I offer this so that you will understand that not all cases will require that the txs be delayed for the insertion of the PEG.

Also, the RO told us that he considered Harry his last patient that he was going to allow to go that long. He told us that he has decided to have future patients get their PEGs prior to the beginnng of txs in order to avoid the problems that seem to surface in most patients.

I have noticed more and more new patients here that I have also spoken with on the phone are getting their tubes prior to tx and I suspect that the protocols are changing in that direction.

Lastly, the PEG procedure is considered out patient which is significantly cheaper than an in patient hospital stay even though they will likely keep her for a 23 hour observation. Don't know if that helps but I thought I would just throw it out there as extra information.

Best to you and your sister.

Cindy