Nebrhahe53, I have given you some very bad advice about moving the plastic plate on your feeding tube! I should have asked first if your tube is the type that has an inflatable balloon inside your stomach to keep the tube from sliding out. The balloon on these lasts about 6 to 9 months before it begins to leak and gradually deflate. The first indication that this is happening is often what you described -- the plastic disc is further from your skin. The disc hasn't moved, the tube is sliding out as the balloon deflates. The tube needs to be replaced, a simple painless procedure. If the tube comes out, it needs to be replaced within about 12 hours. The longer it is out the risk of difficulty in getting a new one in increases. So, if you d have a balloon tube, carefully move the plastic disc back up to where it was. Push the tube back into your stomach up to the plastic disc and tape the disc down until you can get the tube replaced. Call your doctor and let him know what is happening and schedule a replacement. Since it has been several days since you asked about the position of the plastic disc, I suspect the tube has fallen out by now! If not, moving the disc back to where it was and taping it down will be fine until the tape irritates your skin. Ouch. Also, if the tube was out too far, you would have experienced pain when putting food or water through it. This is a major problem that can cause severe infection. Since you are still posting to the forum, apparently this hasn't happened!
In the future, do the same thing (push the tube back in) but check carefully to be certain the tip is in your stomach before using it. To check, use the big syringe to pull back on the plunger. If you get stomach contents it is in place. If not, push a little air through the syringe and while you care giver listen with a stethoscope or with an ear on your belly for the immediate whoosh and gurgle as the air is pushed in. If neither of these works, don't use the tube and get it replaced.
