Re pill crushing, when just out of the hospital and dependent on the PEG, I used a pill crusher bought at the drugstore to crush even the iron. That was the toughest, but it can be done. The crusher is a screw-type that costs about $2.

My Mom's doctor was not comfortable with us trying to crush her meds & putting it through her tube. We now have all her meds in liquid form.

Hi, I have had a G-tube for almost two years, it was nor-t suppose to be that way just delay in surgery . Easier to maintain than to take out. I never tried to crush pills in, just get medicine in liquid form. It will clog, we once got choclate ensure my mistake, the bag clogged, the tube clogged, but guess what, I wasn't constipated any more. My Radiology Technologist changes my tube every three months.Thats the rule I guess. They say 7UP to wash out a clog. One day I was clogged and I used Pepsi, nothing, got some 7up and all clear immediately. I have also pulled mine out. The first time it hurt but I looked down stunned, pushed it back in again. A year earlier I would have passed out! I went in that day to get a new one. Next time it just fell out when I was sleeping, this wouldn't happen to a new one. They give you little lace skirts, I call them that to hold tube in place, they stretch right away. Tape, I am allergic to a lot of it, after you use for awhile red rash comes and goes. Then I read a thing in Dear Abby about the uses of old pantyhose, I cut the legs off and crotch, used the top to hold G-tube in place, no matter how active I am it keeps it in place and no pulling out. Good Luck gnelson