 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Sue, your husband sounds like a nurse's dream! They will have plenty to talk about when comparing fun patients!
My first NGT gave enough trouble that they finally removed it (unfortunately, the removal person only got two of the sutures the first time around...) and put in a new one without the sutures and with the help of X-ray to get it right. Everything worked fine after that and it didn't bother me.
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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