I got my peg tube put in at the end of june and for about a month after My abdomen would cramp up about an hour after feeding and I could only tolerate 1 to 2 cans of feeding a day.
They tried to put me on the pump but same thing happened. I finally went into the er and they diagnosed me with pneumotosis intestinalis. They explained it as air bubbles in between my colon wall specifically my ascending and transverse colon. But then they said it was benign. So then i asked how air pockets could be anything but benign, and they said they arent air pockets, they are cysts. So I then asked them what caused it, and they walked away and sent me home saying it would go away on its own.
I went to my general doctor, he put me on some antibiotics because he said it was probably caused by a bacteria that came in shortly after i got my peg tube put in, and so far i feel better. I wasn't even able to go to the bathroom on my own untreated. so I don't know how it would have fixed itself.
Anyone else have a problem like this?
25/female at diagnosis Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010 Surgery 04/13/2010 Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue. 30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010 |