Hi Hayley

Welcome to the board and post here as often as you need. When I was diagnosed with cancer I had only been under general anesthesia once and was really scared of anything where they put me under or partially under. I had a PEG put in and the surgery part was fine, though. It's true you are very sedated, not totally anesthetized, but really it's close to the same thing--you aren't aware of much.

One thing you should be aware of is that your stomach muscles will hurt quite a bit for a couple of days after the PEG is put in. I'm sure your doctor has told you this. When I had it done, for the first day even just the msucles it took to sit or stand up hurt like the dickens. I was told by my gastroenterologist that this is especially true when they insert a PEG into someone relatively young who has not already wasted away through not eating -- because there's more msucle they cut through. But the good news is this only lasts a couple of days. It is bad at first but gets better VERY quickly so if it happens please don't be afraid that it will feel that way long term. After some healing, you don't have any pain with a PEG at all. Just be sure they give you good painkillers for the couple of days you might need them!

Keep whupping that cancer and using the weapons you need to do it (as far as I'm concerned, the PEG is one of those)

Nelie