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#10984 06-17-2007 02:27 PM
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I don't know if I'm writing under the correct board or not but can you go in a pool w/ a PEG tube? My mom has a pool and I would like to float around if possible. Does anyone have experience w/ that? I'll call my doc tomorrow but was just wondering what you all said. I read online that you could. Thanks!!


SCC-tongueT3N0M0- IMRT 35times-1/07-3/07; along with one cycle of Cisplat & one cycle of Carboplat; weekly erbitux.finished all tx.3/07-supposedly gone. Recurrence 6/07. Age 31-non-smoker/social drinker. Devastated it's back.
#10985 06-17-2007 02:52 PM
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My Dr said no baths while I had my PEG in, bettet to take a shower because if I took a bath I had to make sure the water wasn't above my PEG. I've also read that here in the forum a while back. You maight want to double check with your Dr.

Tim


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60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.
#10986 06-17-2007 03:00 PM
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Hi Jordan, I don't think it's a good idea but I understand why you want to. Jack is a water person and it killed him to not go swimming last year. Try sitting on the edge of the pool or even on a float - a really sturdy float that sits you out of the water where the peg is. Compromise. Regards JoAnne


JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.

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