Hi, I have had my PEG tube for over two years, I hold the record at the large medical center that I am treated in. The reason being, a lot of reconstruction surgery. The first time I used it for 6 months then later for only weeks to 2 months. Right now i am half and half after last surgery. When you first start to eat there are a lot of foods that hurt your mouth or are not easy to eat, so you are not getting the food you need, so you suppliment with using the PEG tube. So weather it is soft or solid food, or liquid can you can go back and forth with no problem.