Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | 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.
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