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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 476 | Through our experience and many others here on the boards, no one seems to give you any guidance on how to take care of the tube once it is put in. My husband had his placed in the Interventional Radiology dept. and then recovered for a few hours in the SPU (short procedure unit). I asked the nurses in both departments how to take care of it before he started using it and during and none of them had a clue.
Wanda (47) caregiver to husband John (56) age at diag.(2009)
1-13-09 diagnosed Stage IV BOT SCC (HPV+)
2-12-09 PEG placed, 7-6-09 removed
Cisplatin 7 weeks, 7 weeks (35) IMRT
4-15-09 - treatment completed
8-09,12-09-CT Scans clear, 4-10,6-11-PET Scans clear
4-2013 - HBO (30 dives) tooth extraction
10-2019 - tooth extraction, HBO (10 dives)
11-2019 - Left lateral tongue SCC - Stage 2
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