Thanks for all the comments!

Pete- I'm positive my peg has a balloon on the inside or else it would have fallen out a long time ago (my dogs like to jump, and it gets caught on everything). So I'm sure I'll be feeling the sting of removal but after all the other things I've had pulled out of my neck and done to my body in the past 4 months I'm sure this will be a breeze! I don't think I would be able to handle a peg tube that you can take out and put right back in, bleh. AND, I'm not sure what's up with the whole not being able to eat beforehand thing. It's going to be the death of me. It figures, I survive cancer and treatment, only to die of starvation waiting to have my feeding tube pulled.

Tom- like you I hate sleeping on my back, I sleep on my side for the most part, but I do occasionally like to sleep on my stomach. I'm looking forward to being able to not worry about rolling over on it!


Stephanie, 23, SCC on the right side of my tongue, surgery on 5-19-08, over half my tongue removed, free flap constructed from my forearm, bilateral neck dissection, one positive node. Radiation (32) and chemo (carboplatin) started on 6-16-08. Recurrence 4/09 in lungs.

**** Stephanie passed away 12.15.09.... RIP our dear friend****