rose
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- Joined
- Mar 29, 2008
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- DX MND
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- 7/2008
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- Maryland
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How many of you with a peg eat more often than every four hours?
I'm one of those who experience the sucking in, then popping out of my peg, and I've read that its because the stomach is trying to "eat" the balloon. I don't know if that is really true, but it makes me more interested in trying the Bard button. The pulling and popping of my peg does serve to help me remember its time to fill back up ;-)
I'm not sure how fast liquids leave the stomach. I can't find a definitive answer stated in a scholarly article, and don't really have the patience to research it that thoroughly either. I know they don't digest any faster than solids consumed by mouth, but digestion isn't the same as stomach emptying.
On Yahoo Voices, one person wrote that about 90% of the liquid meals will empty within 60 minutes (measured by scintigraphy) .
Regardless of the exact length of time, if there are no problems with gastric emptying, but just have a peg due to swallowing or weight loss, there seems to be no reason to not have very frequent meals. What do you think?
Throughout the day, most days, I have something every two hours, or sometimes even less (because of the popping peg thing).
I'm one of those who experience the sucking in, then popping out of my peg, and I've read that its because the stomach is trying to "eat" the balloon. I don't know if that is really true, but it makes me more interested in trying the Bard button. The pulling and popping of my peg does serve to help me remember its time to fill back up ;-)
I'm not sure how fast liquids leave the stomach. I can't find a definitive answer stated in a scholarly article, and don't really have the patience to research it that thoroughly either. I know they don't digest any faster than solids consumed by mouth, but digestion isn't the same as stomach emptying.
On Yahoo Voices, one person wrote that about 90% of the liquid meals will empty within 60 minutes (measured by scintigraphy) .
Regardless of the exact length of time, if there are no problems with gastric emptying, but just have a peg due to swallowing or weight loss, there seems to be no reason to not have very frequent meals. What do you think?
Throughout the day, most days, I have something every two hours, or sometimes even less (because of the popping peg thing).