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Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 30 | Hi Everyone, I was wonder how long it takes for the dimple to heal after the PEG tube is removed. I had mine removed on Monday, it is now Saturday and there is still a scab on the inside of the dimple. I guess that will fall out in time and I'll be left with something that looks like a new belly button? Is that correct?
Mike, 55
7/1/12 R Cervicl mass size of lg grape
9/12/12 diagnsd SCC lymphoid tissue level II BOT HPV+ blind primary
10/22/12 7wks rads, 2 cispltn
11/16/12 PEG in
12/18/12 tx end
1/14/13 PEG out
non-smkr, no caregiver
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Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 117 | Mike,
my hole closed up pretty quick...oozed for the first 48 hours or so, then it was fine. But you're right, it never truly goes away. You will have a 2nd belly button, but you will be in good company !
Congrats on getting de-PEG'd.
DX 12/6/10 of T3 SCC Tongue.
Surgery 1/3/11 was hemigloss & forearm free flap, midline mandibulectomy, Neck Disection-All nodes clear.
Ended rads 5/11/11. Taste buds back to about 80%. PEG removed 4/5/12, experimenting eating real food again. If I can do this, so can you !! Stay Strong.
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Hi there superficially it will heal quickly - it takes a little longer internally. Mine has healed well. It's just a little brownish spot now ... 
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 30 | Thanks for your replies. So I guess the scab in the hole will eventually come out and I'll just be left with my new belly button LOL. Hearing so much about how fast it heals, I wondered if the scab should have been gone by now. I wonder if anyone knows the answer to this. Has anyone had to get the tube reinserted a second time? Do they use the same spot or do you wind up with a third belly button? I wonder how many belly buttons I'm going to wind up with,LOL
Mike, 55
7/1/12 R Cervicl mass size of lg grape
9/12/12 diagnsd SCC lymphoid tissue level II BOT HPV+ blind primary
10/22/12 7wks rads, 2 cispltn
11/16/12 PEG in
12/18/12 tx end
1/14/13 PEG out
non-smkr, no caregiver
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Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,024 | The scab will come off when it's ready.
Kris doesn't have a new belly button from his just a pale pink scar.
He had to have the PEG reinserted - this is in a new spot just below the original.
Hoping you have a good result from your PET and don't ever need to have the PEG reinserted.
Tammy
Caregiver/advocate to Husband Kris age 59@ diagnosis
DX Dec '10 SCC BOT T4aN2bM0 HPV+ve.Cisplatin x3 35 IMRT.
PET 6/11 clear.
R) level 2-4 neck dissection 8/1/11 to remove residual node - necrotic with NED
Feb '12 Ca back.. 3/8/12 total glossectomy/laryngectomy/bilat neck dissection/partial pharyngectomy etc. clear margins. All nodes negative for disease. PEG in.
March 2017 - 5 years disease free. Woohoo!
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Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 | I had a second feeding tube about 5 months after the first one was removed, and was placed in the same spot. The doctor felt the spot, and said it was doable. The hole starts to seals up right away once the tube is removed, but it takes a few weeks to fully heal with scabing, and all.
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