anderkling
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2014
- Messages
- 273
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 01/2015
- Country
- CA
- State
- B.C.
- City
- Surrey
The surgeon who inserted the PEG tube will be replacing it (at my request) with a MicKey. He's never done a MicKey tube before, but I trust his surgical skills. My question is this: He says that he will do the procedure without any anesthesia (because a local would not go deep enough and be ineffective), and that it will really hurt. (I will take oral painkillers.). Is this common practice? Will the pain be extreme? I'm just wondering whether the procedure will be worth it in the end. Thank you for helping me figure this out.
Charlene
Charlene