Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Hi, I never did try to use the overnight PEG because you have to sleep half sitting up to do that and I just couldn't imagine sleeping at all well that way. I know many many people do it that way, though, and if the rate of food going down the tube is set low enough, it is a good way of avoiding the nausea from gravity-feed PEG feedings that some people get.
I hope you get some more responses from people here who have direct experience with this.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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