You wait months for a PEG – and then two come along at once


Those of you who have been following the story of my PEG will have seen my previous two posts:
NG v PEG feeding tubes & My PEG two weeks in.
As described previously it looked like my first PEG had embedded itself into the lining of my stomach after only fourteen days. The general protocol with a PEG is that after fourteen days the PEG should be pushed a short way back into the stomach and rotated. This shouldn’t be done any sooner as the tract needs to form between the stomach and the outs...
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Published on February 22, 2015 05:02
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