 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | You might also try just pulling the tube out just a couple of inches and twisting it around -- That may make it all seat better.
Don't be afraid of pulling it out -- There's a lot of tube in there and some have something on the end to prevent it coming out, but not all do (my first PEG had a stopper, but my current PEG doesn't, just a kind of spiral curve).
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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