 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Different people are affected differently by a PEG -- Personally, mine have never given any pain after the first couple of days -- Depending on where the inner end of the PEG resides, some may work better lying down that sitting or standing.
Even if one loses the ability to swallow, it is not irretrievably gone, just forgotten.
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.
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