Im sorry but I do not know what is available to work best with the blended diet foods. Be very cautious about using blended foods! There are major differences between real food and the formulas. The liquid formulas doctors prescribe to use with feeding tubes are specially designed to work with the tubes. The formulas are a balanced diet while its nearly impossible to figure out exactly what the blended diet nutritional composition is and if it addresses all needed nutrients. Real foods could cause the feeding tube to clog or break down much quicker then if using the liquid prescription formulas. Plus you still will need all the other feeding tube things like the syringes to flusht eh tube after each use. These are only a couple basic problems that can arise with using real foods instead of the formulas.

One place that may help you with bags if you are having trouble getting them would be The Oley Foundations patient exchange program. Im sure there are plenty of people who can match the type of bag you use with their leftovers. If you try buying the bags without any other tube supplies the medical supply companies mark the price way up. I was quoted the outrageous price of $30 per bag and that was at least 5 years ago. The Oley Foundation will connect needy patients with supplies where all the patient needs to pay is the s&h cost which used to be a flat fee of $16 per case. The patient sends the money order to the person who has the supplies and then they ship the product out.

Oley Patient Exchange Program



Christine
SCC 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 smile