Sharon, how awful about the infection and pain from your PEG. I think my tube is about 18 or 19" long too. A shorter one would be harder to use for the feeding I do which is gravity feed through a syringe. With it being as long as it is, I can hold the end up and out quite a bit which helps the food flow downward frmo the syringe and allows me to pour stuff in easily. Also when I want to remove the syringe, I fold the tube in half about a half inch underneath the opening to prevent stuff from sloshing back out. All of this seesm easy to do with the length I have and I think a shorter one would make it harder. But maybe that's just ebcause I have gotten used to this length. I know it seems wierd to have this long thing dangling from your body when you take a shower but you do get used to it.....

I hope your replacement PEG works better.

Nelie