while everybody knows how hard I am on "alternative" treatments, I found that Tea Tree oil helped keep the Peg stoma clean while reducing the granulation tissue. Some sites claim that peroxide use increases granulation tissue so I quit using that. I do use antibiotic cream on the Peg site sometimes. Although despite tea tree oil, in the end, I have to use silver nitrate sticks to burn off the granulation tissue. In over three years, I have never had an infection of the stoma or PEG.
BTW, I love the smell of garlic
Charm


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13