Don -

I hear you on the PEG tube! I hadn't thought of it as a Borg device, but love that! (Christine, the Borgs were a race of beings in the Star Trek series that 'assimilated' other species and were covered in various implants and devices. They were quite evil.)

My PEG tube site got infected about 5 days after the procedure and was incredibly painful. A course of antibiotics cleared it up, but it was really unpleasant. The site no longer hurts but like you, I just hate that its there. I think I'll appreciate it much more when the time comes that I need it.

I guess my point is, hang in there. In the scheme of this illness, and its treatment, the PEG isn't so bad.

- Margaret

Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018