My husband finally got his PEG tube today. We are on 19th day of radiation and completed two rounds of chemo. He is in a lot of pain, but we figured that would be the case considering they just put a hole in his stomach. He had to take his first pain meds today for pain! I mean a lot of pain!!! The docs said he might need Tylenol after the procedure. We opted for a stronger med. just in case. I was kind of wondering why the doctor would suggest Tylenol when he is in such considerable pain? The meds are working which we are grateful for. It was a bit of a shock to see him so tortured..especially since we opted for this procedure.
Just wanted to check up on others experience with pain. I read somewhere some peoples pain lasted a week others didn't have much pain at all.

Vanessa


Jeff age 49 DX 5/8/09 Tonsil cancer T2N2BMO. Tonsillectomy 5/14/09. TX: Cisplatin 3x's every 21 days w/ 33 Rad concurrent. 2-3 nodes on right neck affected. PEG 7/10/09. Chemo/rad start 6/12/9, TX finished 7/28/09. Extended TX
3 more chemo/Cisplatin/5FU/Docetaxil start 9/11, Clean PET 10/29/09.