I may have to respectfully disagree with you on this one Tom. I had a PEG for 9 months and never had an ounce of trouble with it, so it was obviously installed properly. If I was sitting in a chair or standing and I opened the end, the amount and time I had "eaten" last would determine if anything came out. If I were lying flat, usually nothing would come out even if I had just eaten. I never reclined to use the tube, I did it wherever I was at the time. In the car, cooking dinner in the kitchen, on the computer, etc. I plugged in the syringe, poured the food in the syringe and waited for it to go in. It got so I could put a can in my tube in under 5 minutes. I'm not suggesting this style to anyone, I hate to sit still so do most things on the go. But, I don't want everyone whose tube may leak to worry or wonder if it's installed properly.
Take care,
Minnie


SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.