Actually, today I drank two cans of Nutren 2.0 back-to-back (pushing it, I know...) and almost immediately got the runs and tummy ache, but no sweats. I can usually drink one down fairly rapidly with no ill effects.

For me it isn't the PEG tube itself so much as losing the tube is a symbol of progress.

Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.