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Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 75 | Hi:
Just spoke with my mother and she said my dad's feeding tube has been getting clogged a lot lately. It is 2 years old. Does anyone know if this is because it needs to be replaced? Or do they last longer?
TX
Squamous cell / BOT with lymph node involvment, Stage 4, HIV-, cisplatin 3 weeks of 7, stopped due to kidney issues and neuropathy,35 radiation treatment started 5/6/09,started weekly erbitux on 6/2/09. Completed tx on 6/24/09, biopsy 8/11/09 clean, PET Scan 10/5/09 clear, PET Scan 6/11/10 clear
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | I had my original PEG tube for 1 1/2 years without a problem. Your mother can use club soda to help keep it clean. I currently have a different type of feeding tube, its a J/G tube. This type wears out and every 2 - 4 months and I get it replaced. Two years with a PEG tube is a long time, it has probably become worn out. Have her take your father to see the gastro doc. Make sure she tells them that its malfunctioning so she gets a quick appointment.
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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | I agree with Christine that two years means time to replace it.
My feeding tube only lasts 5 months before it dislodges. Most patients average a year. Some button or low profile ones need to be changed every 90 days.
It varies a lot with how much you exercise, lift weights, etc. the more active you are, the more you need to change the tube
Charm
65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 75 | Thank you. I will tell her to call the dr tomorrow.
Squamous cell / BOT with lymph node involvment, Stage 4, HIV-, cisplatin 3 weeks of 7, stopped due to kidney issues and neuropathy,35 radiation treatment started 5/6/09,started weekly erbitux on 6/2/09. Completed tx on 6/24/09, biopsy 8/11/09 clean, PET Scan 10/5/09 clear, PET Scan 6/11/10 clear
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Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 17 | Hi!
I have had my feeding tube for 2 years and it never gets clogged unless I forget to flush it reigiously after every feeding with water!
dob 12/22/45
2002 DX SCC Stge 4,tumor lft sde tongue,surgery
2005 recur Stge 4 tumor lft side tongue
surgery, flap, XRT
2010 recurr. Stge 4, tumor rt sde tongue
surgery, flap, chemo, radiat. Port, PEG
2010 Peritonitis, liver abc., bacter. infections
2011 Exposed jawb. HBO
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