peg tube

  1. Gracious99

    PEG tube update + question

    Raymond did fine, all the discussions about oxygen and ALS really helped us today, I was able to be an informed advocate for him, and shared info with a couple of great nurses who hadn't dealt with ALS patients before, so a huge thank you! Now a practical question, what do we do with this tube...
  2. Gracious99

    PEG tube today

    My husband goes in today for his PEG, he has been quiet and silently anxious all morning. I know he doesn't really want the procedure, and he has a huge amount of anxiety about dying during the procedure, but he knows it's now or never because of his breathing decline. I guess I don't need any...
  3. A

    No Peg Tube or anything else.......

    Hello, My husband will not have a peg tube, won't use Cpap, trilogy, cough assist etc.. He can move his head a little from side to side but that's about all he can move, doesn't have much of a voice. He can still swallow fairly well so I have been feeding him a softish diet. The amount of food...
  4. texastracy

    Peg tube update

    I love the peg tube. Easy to use. Forget it's there most of the time. Healed great and easy to keep clean. Only problem was theformula. Made me have explosive movements. Hubby read the ingrdient list on the can and said no more of this. So now we blend. I eat healthier than I ever did...
  5. P

    New peg tube

    I am being scheduled to have a new peg tube put in. It's called a mick-ey has anyone any experience with this type of tube. Patrick
  6. E

    PEG tube replacement

    This may sound crazy but my husband will be getting his seventh PEG tube replacement tomorrow. He had a tube initially put in at Duke (Nov 2012) and I think it was supposed to stay in, as in forever. But Mayo in Jan 2014 suggested it was getting old (it did look nasty) and they replaced it...
  7. A

    Stowing the PEG tube

    My husband's PEG tube is about 12" long, so we struggled to find a way to "stow" it between feedings without using tape. Eventually, I took out his dogtag chain from Navy days and asked him to put it on. Then I took an old clip style earring and attached it to the chain. Now, after feeding...
  8. J

    PEG Tube Change Today

    A nurse from the clinic came today and did my first real PEG tube change. The PEG came out about a month after I had it put in and it hurt like heck when she put a larger one in it's place. Now it's been about a year and I didn't feel a thing, most of you already know this but to the ones who...
  9. starente15

    PEG tube question

    My dad just asked me to call his doctor to tell them a "button" fell off his tube. Does anyone know what this is? He said there were two.
  10. texastracy

    Peg Tube

    Got the peg tube today. Went great. Pain controlled with Tylenol. They sent me home already. They tested it and worked great. Home Health will be here tomorrow to do the first feed. But mainly we are using it to keep me hydrated an supplement my diet.
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