.K., I'm making an assumption here that peg tubes and G tubes are the same thing.If that's wrong, someone please correct me. And even tho I'm not the one with the PEG,it doesn't seem to me that it is such an awful thing. I thank God every day that the surgeon put John's in during the tumor surgery. It is keeping him alive as we speak. Michael, I remember you "loving New York" a few posts ago. Don't get too down on us now. Think of those glorious waves coming in to the shore- time after time after time. You can do this. Amy