Brian,
When my PEG was installed at MDACC I don't believe that there was an endoscopy. As I recall
(of course they probably gave me Versed )the radiologist just punched a little hole in my abdomen and inserted it.

Others,
As Brian knows I too am a big believer in the PEG. I was totally dependent on mine for months, and, like Brian, kept it much longer than anticipated...almost a year.

Danny G.

Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.