Hi all,

I don't know the formula that Mom is getting--she's entirely dependent on a peg tube--but the caregivers at her LTAC here at Emory can't get to a happy medium between constipation and diarhhea. I would HAPPILY take advice/counsel on what worked for y'all. Mom is gravity fed about 60cc/hour, given a stool softener whenever she becomes constipated. That seems to work too well--then she has huge bouts of diarhhea. She's not upwardly mobile but 4x a week for about an hour a day.

Thanks@ Trish

Mom age 84 dx stage IV papillary cancer mandible 10/10; non-smoker, drinker, HPV-. Surgery 2/16/2011; mandibulectomy. 0 pos lymph nodes, has been in long-term hospital since March 2011. Returned home 8/11, permanent PEG tube.