OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I do the nutrition the same way. So, just pouring water down the barrel is your flush? You're not "pushing" it with a syringe?
What about meds (tablets)? Right now I'm pulverizing them in a mortar and pestle, then diluting in a small Pyrex dish and pushing it with a syringe.
Why do you refrigerate the syringe barrel?
How long do your peg tubes last?
Do you use a Mic-Key?
I'm just doing what they showed me in the hospital but there are obviously more efficient ways to do this.
Sorry I have so many questions but I vehemently fought getting a peg during treatment so I'm late to the party.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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