peg tube

Hi all, my first forum post... just joined today. I had a PEG tube installed while undergoing throat cancer treatment. No ALS, but this appears to be the most vigorous PEG tube forum I found. Anyway, after the initial surgical pain had subsided (about 1.5 weeks), I was bothered by the weight...

So we have had a very dramatic few weeks. My husband had a spectacular choking incident that resulted in him turning blue. I still can't believe that I was able to clear the blockage, but I did. Things you never thought you could do! Anyway, it resulted in pushing the PEG decision, which he...

Does anyone sleep on their stomach with a PEG tube. Tom was always a stomach sleeper. Since he got his PEG tube he has been sleeping on his back with varying degrees of success. If he rolls over on his side because he has lost so much weight he puts pressure on the nerve and his foot gets tingly.

I had my tube put in through outpatient surgery on 5/13/2016. Because of fever and excess bleeding I was put in the hospital and just got out last night (5/16/2016).I still am passing huge volumes of blood in my urine but the fever is gone. Hospital told me to drink lots of water and follow up...

Has anyone had the situation where the inner tube is coming out of the stomach. The bumpers are tight , it's not them that are moving, the tube inside the bumper with the numbers n it is moving out at about 2mm per day.

3 days ago I had my first peg tube inserted. The pain and discomfort is still substantial. Especially when I cough, which is frequently. Also, I have become much weaker throughout my body. Have reduced rang of motion, due to the pain of the tube, and have been having severe muscle spasms...

For the last 2 weeks the tube inside the bumper has been continuously rising over a quarter inch by now. I don't understand how this can be happening. It's not the bumper itself but the tube within the bumper. It won't go down at all but continues to move up. I am afraid it will go out of my...

Will Medicare pay for formula for the feeds? Been paying out of pocket and it is getting expensive. I haven't been able to find any DME Providers here in WV that provide enteral nutrition. They are all equipment based. Vince

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...

Crabby is getting a peg tube Wednesday. What should I expect for his recovery period? Does anyone have any recipe's or websites they use? His doctors are very upset he waited this long to get it, and are "concerned" about performing the procedure . Any tips or tricks for using it would be very...