nebrhahe53
Very helpful member
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2014
- Messages
- 1,017
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 06/2014
- Country
- US
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- Tx
- City
- Austin
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We have been trying to increase my tube feeding but have run into a stone wall. At about 2 cans of Jevity 1.5 I get really bad gas and then just have to keep going to the bathroom. We have tried to go up a little at a time, but no go, at 2 cans bam. I need 8 to maintain my weight, and eating by mouth is harder and harder not because of swallowing per se but because of damned mucus. I swallow it with food, it helps food get caught in my throat, it makes me feel like I'm choking...
We've tried lemon, papaya, herb tea, nothing seems to help. They told me to keep the mucus thin to help atelectasis but this is unbearable. I wonder if I should go back to the drying formulations like Claritin d and scopolamine.
Any better formulas than Jevity? Wifey does not want to blend natural food. I think she's afraid the tube may clog. Does boost plus cause mucus buildup?
We have been trying to increase my tube feeding but have run into a stone wall. At about 2 cans of Jevity 1.5 I get really bad gas and then just have to keep going to the bathroom. We have tried to go up a little at a time, but no go, at 2 cans bam. I need 8 to maintain my weight, and eating by mouth is harder and harder not because of swallowing per se but because of damned mucus. I swallow it with food, it helps food get caught in my throat, it makes me feel like I'm choking...
We've tried lemon, papaya, herb tea, nothing seems to help. They told me to keep the mucus thin to help atelectasis but this is unbearable. I wonder if I should go back to the drying formulations like Claritin d and scopolamine.
Any better formulas than Jevity? Wifey does not want to blend natural food. I think she's afraid the tube may clog. Does boost plus cause mucus buildup?