 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
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Rita:
Heres a tip that may help. When I first got my tube, I would put neosporin around the site and cover it with a gauze pad then tape it so it didnt fall off. The gauze pads were made for things like the peg tube cuz they have a cut and a small hole in the middle. Ask your nurses for them, they will give you some. Also my hospital sent a visiting nurse to help me along with the peg, maybe yours has that program too. Ive had my peg tube for 14 months and all the docs who see it say its one of the best kept ones they have ever seen.
Hope you feel better soon.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
