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

Yes. As I have posted before, a PEG is where SIZE MATTERS.
My first defective peg was only a 12 FR, and after much complaining they replaced it with a 14 FR. A 20 FR is the gold standard but because of complications from the first botched PEG, too risky to put in at that time. If I am still stuck with PEG, my next one will definitely be a 20FR with a "mickey insert" just like the infamous U tube video.
The Jevity 1.5 cans come with a warning that the minimum size PEG is a 12FR. My doctors gave the same warning that nothing can be put into the PEG except Jevity, water and wine until I get a 20 FR or else it will clog (Pegs come in 10, 12, 14 and 20 FR mostly). Luckily, the constipation effects of the pain pills and patches balances out the diarrhea effects of the Jevity 1.5

i bought some liquid ensure that john never drank (this was after his surgery). can this go in the PEG? he just got his put in two days ago.

Our Medical Onocologist told us we could use ensure.
Pat

Martin's PEG only clogge once and when it unclogged I sprayed liquid all over martin and the bedroom wall. I think this is the only time he laughed during the whole of TX.
The trick we found was to flush 2 seringes of water before feeding and 2 after. It seems to flush stuff out and clean it.

So if/when a PEG clogs, how does one unclog it?

Flush it with warm water. At least thats what I was told for mine. I never had it clog up. I was also told to flush it weekly with ginger ale.

Depends where the clog is. If it is near the outer end it is easy. You could even use a small wire. Alternatively use the syringe and water apply pressure (gentle) and suction. This always worked for me.
(I managed to clog mine quite few times, mainly with vegetables that were not blended or cooked enough)

If the clog is at the other end and the syringe trick does not work then wait a bit the stomach juices may just digest the clog.

M

We had to flush ours out with coke.
Pat