Last night was that "super full moon" and sure enough, my G tube balloon suddenly deflated and out plopped the tube. It's 9pm on a Saturday night, with interventional radiology closed until Monday morning at my CCC where I have the first appointment to get the feeding tube replaced. So I grit my teeth and pop it back in place, hastening to secure it with a wide bandage and criss crossed surgical skin tape. Gingerly test it out with a syringe and I'm back in business. Whew.

Technical note: I use PEG in the subject line since almost every OCF member's feeding tube is a PEG. My tube is exactly the same as a PEG except in the way it is inserted and what doctors will change it. 4 gastro docs simply refuse and say stick with IR. Very frustrating due to CCC paper bureaucracy and parking etc. Local gastro doc offices are great but I can't use them.

Bottom line: if your PEG plops out: pop it back in and then get an emergency appointment asap.