That's a lot more pain than I had two weeks after. It was very painful for the firts 4-5 days but after that it got better pretty rapidly.

I have an appointment on Wednesday for them to look at it including inserting some dye and x-raying me to see if it working properly.

If it is standard clear vinyl tubing you should be able to get clamps to shut it off

Try http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=146

Mine has a clamp. The problem is that 3 hours after I have poured 1 can of Boost in the tube, I go to unclamp it and about 1/4 of the prior can runs out. It doesn't seem that it should take that long for me to digest one can of Boost-should it?

I am somewhat of a professional in respect tp Peg tubes, since I have had one since initial treatments and will have one for the remainder of days here on this planet. I am one of those unlucky individuals with a radiation damaged epiglotis, I cannot even take a sip of water by mouth due to aspiration. I now have a foley type G-tube that cannot be clamped off like a PEG. I have a lopez valve on top to keep the contents of my stomach from spilling. I stiil have accidents due to my ignorance and they are messy.
Darrell

Gee, Sarah, like I posted earlier, John always has a little residual in his tube, but if 1\4th of a can of Boost came back up, we would be worried too. Hope someone can fix this for you. Amy

If I remember correctly, if I took the clamp off mine without connecting the tube to the syringe everthing would pour out (only did it a few times made such a mess) Is this what is happening to you? If so just remember to keep the clamp on till you are connected up!
Hope this helps
Sunshine.. love and hugs
Helen

Fellow peggers - Nothing should spill from your peg when you open it. If the peg is properly installed and is operating properly, nothing should come pouring out. Are you eating in a reclined postition? You should be. Lean back, elevate your feet, relax your abdomen before you open the tube.

If you are standing, or sitting vertical, the inside end of your tube is "under water" (or worse). Peggers don't eat vertically at the table, peggers eat reclined in the Lazy Boy.

For the visual among us: Take a large zip lock bag and color a big, quarter-sized dot in the middle of the bag. Fill the bag half full of water. Blow it full of air and zip it shut. Thats your stomach and the dot is your peg. You gotta LEAN that bag back till the dot is at the top of the air pocket.

To complete this physics lesson, cut out the dot, and carefully lift the bag with both hands. Now, simulate a sneeze (viscously grip the bag with both hands and squeeze hard). I have compelted this maneuver with my peg - while pouring in strawberry ensure. The sneeze brought forth a lovely pink geyser that took nearly two hours to clean up. The moral..... opened peg tubes should belch, not pee. Be strong, Tom

I may have to respectfully disagree with you on this one Tom. I had a PEG for 9 months and never had an ounce of trouble with it, so it was obviously installed properly. If I was sitting in a chair or standing and I opened the end, the amount and time I had "eaten" last would determine if anything came out. If I were lying flat, usually nothing would come out even if I had just eaten. I never reclined to use the tube, I did it wherever I was at the time. In the car, cooking dinner in the kitchen, on the computer, etc. I plugged in the syringe, poured the food in the syringe and waited for it to go in. It got so I could put a can in my tube in under 5 minutes. I'm not suggesting this style to anyone, I hate to sit still so do most things on the go. But, I don't want everyone whose tube may leak to worry or wonder if it's installed properly.
Take care,
Minnie

I will vote with Minnie on this. I found it was more comfortable to sit upright to feed. I had mine for 6 months and never had any trouble at all. I hung the gravity feed pouches on an IV stand, which I then set on a table while I sat on the floor to get it to go in faster. I could do it in about 5 minutes also. Which proves once again that everyone's treatment reactions, and PEG installations, are different.