PEG tube

So I'm heading into hospital again tomorrow for a couple of days so that my care team can place a PEG tube in my stomach. It is basically a tube used to feed me but a little different from the usual NG tubes. We can't place one down my throat as that is getting radiation and is red, swollen, blistered, and bleeding. So I have to have a PEG tube. I'm a little nervous as this is done under local anesthetic but as Eoin keeps telling me I must be a brave girl. I'll be at UCSF for a couple of days and have the tube for about six weeks but I only have two weeks of radiation left - yippee! Soon I'll be in single digits and counting down.

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes - they mean the world to us and really do keep us going even when we think we have no strength left. My main visualization that has kept me going through all of this is the thought of you all holding hands in a circle with me in the center (and sometimes the three of us as a family) just being sheltered and prayed for by you all. It has at times brought me to tears to know that we are loved so much and we are humbled that you all care so much for us all. Thank you.

UPDATE (Aug 7) Two weeks later and I'm still in hospital. I have finished my radiation treatment which is amazing but I got a bad infection while here. Also my calcium and potassium levels are very low along with my white cell count. My health care team are going to keep me here a while longer so that I can heal and rest as much as I need. Tomorrow I get a central line (PICC) put in as my veins have disappeared. The PEG feeding tube is working ok - it took me  a while to adjust to it but I'm almost at the required level.