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For all those PEG tube users....
Glad press and seal works very well at keeping you from soaking up water. It also works for picc lines. I wrap my arm everyday to take a shower so I decided to try and take it a step further and swim.
I wrapped my arm and then wrapped it around my waist. It worked very well at keeping the pool water out. Of course it wasnt 100% leak proof but it did a good job and I would try it again. It was so much fun to swim and forget momentarily that I have been sick at all.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Wow Thank you Christine. After going thru 4 G tubes in a year, I have become somewhat overprotective of my G-tube. I really miss swimming and will have to try out "press and seal". I couldn't get any answers from the Interventional Radiology doctors on this issue who put in all my G-tubes as apparently none of this is taught in medical school. Only how to put them in and take them out.
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: Jun 2009 Posts: 440 | Your brave Christine!LOL
I'm accustom to wrapping a picc line as I did it for years for my patients before they would request a shower then when I had mine it was no biggie. I would split a hole at the bottom of a biohazard bag (or sandwich bag) then would wrap the press and seal wrap around that. You still get condensation build up but no direct water on the site.
Now, I wasn't brave enough to try wrapping my G tube, I too like Charm have become overprotective of it. But I so want to be able to go swimming with my girls and the thought has crossed my mind of coming up with some type of concoction so I can!LOL Now that you have, I think I might try it so thanks for giving me the extra boost to be adventurous!!LOL
Dx 3/27/09 @ 28 years old with High Grade MEC T4N2M0
Elizabeth, 33, mother of 3 girls (4,7, &8yrs old)
3 rds of chemo(Carbo/Taxol)
Rt Mandibulectomy, rt fibular flap,& rt ND with trach, picc,& g-tube.
30 rds of rads with weekly cisplatin
SCANS ALL CLEAR!
OCF Regional Coordinator of San Antonio Walk
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Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 147 | I swam daily last summer without covering my PEG. Just made sure the clamp was tight. Never thought about not swimming (or asking). Didn't have any problems.
DX 2/10/09; Stage 1 SCC side of tongue; Partial Gloss; PEG in 3/3/09; 3 Cisplatin; 35 IMRT; PEG out 7/17/09; Eating via mouth and walking 3 miles/day 4 wks after treatment end. 50 pound weight loss; Clear PET 09/09 and 09/10
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