The PEG tube that I removed was the kind that is long and kinky but had no balloons or donuts on the end to prevent removal -- The hard part was putting in back in because I had to get the holes to line up -- It occurs to me that if I were going to do it again, I would have something on hand to stick right into the holes before I moved so they would stay aligned!

That PEG really was a badly designed one from a user perspective and every time I read here about one to be installed by a radiologist I wince a little because it was the radiology dept at UDub that installed mine.

I was glad to get rid of my first one, gladder to get my second one (which allowed me to get rid of my naso-gastric tube) and very glad to get my third one. Right now I'd starve without it!


Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.