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I am not sure I understand the ins and outs of the feeding tube.
My mother recently had hers removed and that very day was able to eat.

Doesn't the tube create a hole through the skin and stomach lining, in order to transfer fluids into the stomach? Doesn't that hole need time to heel (close)?

How long is this recovery?

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Diagnosed 7/2008 with T3or4N3cM0, squamous cell carcinoma.
Completed induction chemo (TPF) 8/08 and radiation/chemo 11/08. Successfully removed tumor via neck dissection 9/09 and went home from hospital in good spirits.
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Yes, the hole closes up immediately upon removal. It will form a small "crust" like scab on the hole which will fall off in two weeks or so ( that was my experience ). Nothing for her to do except be glad it's gone. Regarding your comment about her already eating, the Doctor would not have removed unless she had shown the ablility to eat. Worse thing you can do is remove the PEG before you can demonstrate ability to take in calories on your own. Best of luck to her in her recovery.


Bill . . . SCC - originated in right tonsil, drifted into neck ( 28 lymph nodes removed - one positive ). Radical neck dissection in September 07, completed 34 radiation tx on January 4, 2008. Used Peg. Non smoker, 61, good shape, no previous health issues. Second year PET scan - "all clear".
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The removal of the PEG is normally a non issue compared to what happened before...
it is generally a positive development because it means that you are able to eat normally and that the treatment is over!

all good!

M


Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.
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Heh, I asked if I could eat after having my PEG removed, I hadn't had breakfast yet, and was told it was not problem. I guess the lining of the stomach closes right up. The skin did take a little bit of time to heal, but it wasn't that bad at all.


Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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The stomach hole apparently closes in a few hours, but not immediately because I was able to remove clean and reinsert my previous clog-prone PEG four times...


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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I can't even imagine doing that Pete - you are a man of many talents.

Patty


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SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06
9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx
35 rad 2006
Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin
Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula
35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08
4/15/09 recurrence
6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace
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HI
I am a nurse and I couldn't believe when I finally had my Peg Tube removed or should I say ripped out. The doc said the pressure created by it created a closure. I was so happy and relieved to have that smelly thing removed. So there is no need to worry.


Maria 33 when diagnosed with SCC, partial glossectomy with skin graph from thigh,rt side nodes removed,ten nodes positive, PEG, 30 RAD tx, 1998. Scans clean.30 HBO tx-Massive dental work 07-08, ORN present 2009.
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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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