My husband has had a peg since April. He had no problems with pain or discomfort, but I find this interesting. Some of the stitches around the peg started to come loose causing him discomfort and the skin was becoming irritated due to the loose stitches. This surgery was done in Pittsburgh. I did not want to travel to Pittsburgh so I called a surgeon here in New Castle PA to restitch the broken stitches. The doctor took one look at my husband and yanked out all the remaining stitches. I looked at him like "what are you doing"? He said he's never put in stitches when doing the PEG surgery and thought the doctor who performed the surgery shouldn't have either. I was just curious if anyone else has stitches.