Thanks for the info, gang! After reading a lot on this forum, I was ready for this 2nd PEG routine and knew what questions to ask. This procedure was done in a new hospital's outpatient wing, rather than a very old, ratty-looking clinic where I had the first one done. Doesn't make you feel too secure when a young gal that looks like a model (with half-inch-thick eye and face makeup on) gowns up while you're in the OR and asks out loud why the doc wanted her in there, since she wasn't an OR nurse. Yesterday's crew were professional to a T.

Also learned from them about some tube options and more info. I requested a shorter new tube, and one of the techs (male nurse? aide?) said I could have cut it myself, really easy to do, and that length didn't affect its use intrinsically.

I complained about the large, sharp, hard plastic clamp so close to my skin and they told me it wasn't necessary, I could remove it myself if I wanted to. He showed me how to get it off and back on, left it off, but put it in a bag for me to take home in case I wanted to use it later. He also gave me his plastic clamp (looks like a small pair of plastic scissors) to use if I just wanted to clamp it off briefly.

I asked about putting dressings under the bumper, next to the skin, to keep infection from those litte holes that are molded into the bumper (really bad design!), so they moved the bumper out just a bit to allow for the dressings, as long as I kept them thin, replaced them frequently, and didn't use dressings for too long a time to prevent skin irritation.

This time I did ask about a feeding bag ("feed bag" like horses use? Hah!) so I can slow-drip food in my recliner, rather than stand at the sink and try to inject it too quickly (with resulting gas and bloating/cramping). Think one could be filled with water, hung from my back somehow, and slow-drip water while I'm working in the greenhouse (takes me maybe 5 hours, two days running to care for the plants once a week)?

He placed the new tube dead center, rather than off to the left. Now I can bend over and sit without my ribs cruching down on the inner workings.

I also have zero interstitial trapped gas this time. That was killer with the first one! Before, I couldn't stand, sit or roll over without hollering for my husband to help me.

Really had my doubts about having this procedure done a second time, but now I'm soooo very thankful that I did! What a difference!

Thanks again, friends!