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Head and neck cancer. Having a PEG fitted

Charles123
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I am about to start 6 weeks radiotherapy for cancer in a tonsil and a neck lymph node. I have been advised to have a PEG fitted. I am reluctant to have one due to concerns over another op/possible infection. Also my son had one for many years due to Crohns and it took a long time to heal. Just wondered what other people have experienced. And how many people used it/how often. Many thanks. Charles

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    Hi Charles, i'm sorry to hear that you have this Cancer and i hope you don't mind me replying to you as i have a different beast who resides with me at the moment but when i joined this site, i was reading everything i could and a member of this site  has a wordpress diary which  i read  even though it is unrelated to me but there is a section on the peg and his ups and downs with it, so it may help you to make a decision either way,it's actually worth reading the whole thing IMHO so i will link to it for you but to be honest, you will have to go through it all to find the peg section but it may be interesting for you to read it all as it talks about radiotherapy and eveything inbetween and although he doesn't have the exact same beast as you, it is in a similar area.

    https://gammaraygary.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/an-update-on-life/

     

    PJ x

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    Thank you for this. I have read his blog and very helpful

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    Glad to have been some small help Charles, but hopefully someone will come along who actually has it at the moment and may be able to offer more advice. I found it inteersting because he talked about his whole treatment from diagnosis to being free. I think i was trying to prepare myself for anything i may have to go through. 

    I wish you well with not only your decision on the peg but with your upcoming treatment. Take care and please do come back and let us know how you are getting on, we like to hear how others are doing.

    PJ x

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