ggatlanta
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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 of the tube tugging downward from where it goes into my stomach. I also didn't like the way the tube flops around under my clothes. I'm always thinking a store detective is going to stop me in the store and ask what I've got under my shirt.
So I do patent drawings for a living, am a 3D artist, and have access to a 3D printer, so I thought I'd whip something up that would fix these issues. What I came up with is pretty simple, although actually I haven't even gotten one made yet, but plan to send it off to be printed shortly.
It probably wouldn't be profitable to try to market this thing, but I would like to share it if anyone is interested. If they're not too expensive to produce, I would consider sending them out to interested people for their feedback. I have no idea what kind of response I'll get, but I see only doing this with 5-10 people.
I have a few questions which perhaps y'all can help me with.
I hope proposing this is acceptable on the forum. If it is not, I apologize and hope a forum moderator will inform me of an acceptable way to go about this.
Thank you for your time!
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 of the tube tugging downward from where it goes into my stomach. I also didn't like the way the tube flops around under my clothes. I'm always thinking a store detective is going to stop me in the store and ask what I've got under my shirt.
So I do patent drawings for a living, am a 3D artist, and have access to a 3D printer, so I thought I'd whip something up that would fix these issues. What I came up with is pretty simple, although actually I haven't even gotten one made yet, but plan to send it off to be printed shortly.
It probably wouldn't be profitable to try to market this thing, but I would like to share it if anyone is interested. If they're not too expensive to produce, I would consider sending them out to interested people for their feedback. I have no idea what kind of response I'll get, but I see only doing this with 5-10 people.
I have a few questions which perhaps y'all can help me with.
- Are all PEG tubes the same? my tube is 1/2 inch in diameter. The base (where it connects to my stomach) is like a disc about 1 1/2 inch in diameter.
- I was warned by my doctor about the feeding tube getting clogged, so my device allows you to crimp the tube hose near the base so that flow is blocked. Is that OK to do?
I hope proposing this is acceptable on the forum. If it is not, I apologize and hope a forum moderator will inform me of an acceptable way to go about this.
Thank you for your time!