 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Depends on the PEG, some have a sort of balloon anchor and some are long and have twists, but slide right out (I have taken my unanchored one out to clean blockages three times now and replaced it, but won't do it again because I had a lot of difficulty getting it right the last time!).
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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