So...tell me what you really think about the PEG tube!! eek Just kidding, please don't hit me.

On another note, did anyone other than me have the "button"? It was designed for people that wanted to maintain and active lifestyle in spite of the need for a PEG. It extended about an inch or two and had a one-way valve that prevented any leaking. It came with two tubes, a thicker one and a smaller diameter one. One was for feeding and meds via syringe and the other for a feeding pump. It was put in at the doctor's office in 5 minutes or less. It was so cute that I still miss it, sometimes. NOT!

I am certainly one unique dude...I was a poster child for the nasogastric, had a PEG and a button!
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Love you all!

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023