RE: J tube/Ronpat

[Guest guest]

>ronpat wrote:

Has anyone had a " J " tube for feeding off a pump and taking meds.? I was

just wondering if any one used the big syringes to take the feeding

formula? It sure seems like it would be better than waiting hours till

the pump goes through. and every thing goes into the same tube and to

the same place anyway

ron patterson

Hi Ronpat

I was an RN, and had several patients with J-tubes. You probably already know

that the J stands for jejunostomy. The tube is inserted into the jejunum section

of your small intestine.

The primary reason you need to use the pump for your feedings, is because your

body will not have time to absorb it. You are likely to get diarrhea if your put

a large amount into the J-tube at one time.

Your body will simply not have time to absorb the nutrients. It takes many hours

for the entire process of digestion to occur.

It would cause a great deal of harm if your body not only doesn't absorb the

nutrients, but the results of diarrhea causes dehydration, and the loss of

vitamin K production.

Here is a link the might be useful to you:

http://tinyurl.com/8h96ow

Do you have to have 24 hour feedings, or just at night? I can see that you would

feel trapped to the pump. That must be very frustrating.

Here is a link to a tiny feeding pump, that might be useful. I have never used

one, nor sell them. Anyway, it looks interesting.

http://tinyurl.com/9mt63r

Kaylene

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[Guest guest]

Ronpat,

If you want to bolus feed it must be done via a G tube (gastrostomy) tube.

You can not bolus feed via a J tube because there is no room in the jejunum to

take a large bolus and as Kaylene said it will cause " dumping " which feels like

the worst flu of your life.

Deb RN