Hello Joy

Sorry to read your problem 

I wish there was something I could do to help other than send you a big hug x

Hi Joy,

Sorry to hear about what you're going through. My dad's just been diagnosed with a rapidly growing head and neck cancer with significant lymph node invasion which is pushing on his airway and oesophagus so we could be soon facing him requiring a tracheostomy so I've been thinking about this quite a lot. 

The fact that it happened so suddenly makes it worse, I know. My dad was well last month and now this. 

Just remember as scary as a tracheostomy is right now, it is allowing you to live and for your airway to not be so threatened. Same thing with the PEG, it will allow you to get nutrition so you can survive. It might be a bit easier if you think of it in terms of survival rather than anything else. Also make sure you have means of communicating....maybe an ipad or computer or even a notepad where you can write things. Do you have friends and family around?? For now, just take it day by day or even hour by hour if you need to. XX