Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 130 | Pat, Many of the people here have complained that thier PEG tube gets clogged easily. If you look at the tube its self there is a number that has an "F" behind it. Mine is 20F. The F means French. Which is some form of measurement. I can put anything in there, it's never clogged. The doc. that put it in told me that I could just use Boost. Long story short, Boost made me sick as all get out, and afraid to leave the house. I now use Jevity 1.5, as soon as I switched the diahrea cleared up. This doctor also told me that people that have them for a long time will just blend the family meal with water and feed themselves that. I have been on the PEG for 8 months. I have juiced veggies lately but have stopped short of blending meatloaf. A quick side note: carrot juice will stain your PEG. If your doctor says don't do it then you probably shouldn't but if you ask one of the other doctors they will might say go ahead and blend away. But your suppose to stay away from raw veggies while on chemo. Amy
40 yr old. Stage IV SCC found left tonsil. PET/CT shows cancer on base of tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes on both sides. HPV 16 pos. 6 weeks of cisplatin, 43 days of radiation. 73gy on each side. ND March 2, 2009 reoccurance dx'd Aug 19, 2009
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