Has anyone experienced their peg tube smelling bad? Even though it gets flushed daily with water and sometimes club soda, it has started to smell like yeast.
This happened once before, during treatment and Mike's stomach broke out in a rash. His doctor gave gave RX for an antifungal pill, Fluconazole which cleared the rash up and the smell went away.
Now one month after treament his stomach is breaking out again, and it is hard to really tell where the smell originates. The tube has that smell and his stomach has that smell of sour milk and/or yeast. He cleans the site opening with peroxide everyday, and of course showers daily.
Any ideas?


Ginny, spouse of MikeG. SSC BOT T2N1M0 Stage III, Dx 06/27/06 at age 52, Tx 07/31/06 through 09/28/06 Chemo Cisplatin & 5FU x2, Radiation x42. Cancer free and doing well.