 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | jneal.... Its smart to hang onto your feeding tube until you can go for 2 months sustaining yourself without using it. Recovery is full of ups and downs with many setbacks coming unexpectedly. I know how lousy it is having that darn tube. A couple weeks longer in the whole scheme of things isnt a big deal. Always better to be safe than sorry. Most docs wouldnt bother to switch the average short term peg user over to the Mickey button. I remember when Charm went back and forth with his doc about making the changeover. Of course, he finally prevailed and got one. Thats the Charm we all know and love.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
