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Hi , I'm sorry you have to worry about a feeding tube now. I

had one a peg it was a j-g tube. In other words, it was a tube

placed in my stomache about an inch above and to the left of my

navel. To the eye yousaw one tube. But there is a inner tube that

is longer and goes all the way past the pancreas to the jejunum.

The shorter tube goes in the your stomach itself, the gastic part.

The tube hung from my stomach about 12 inch or so.

A peg is a percutaneous; through the skin; endoscopic; how it was

put in, and gastrostomy (sp?) tube. I gave myself feedings with a

pump and tubing through the j-tube site so as to let mypanc rest. I

still ate but very little but have always been a big water drinker.

I was told to have 6 cans a day. That was very difficult because

Iwas hooked up to the pump all day and if I tried to give it any

faster it would just shoot through me like a high speed locomotive

on fire.

I didn't alwasy get 6 cans in each day but I did get stronger and

fattened up for that last surgery. I really hated the peg and the

tubes and it drove me nutz I thought it was disgusting. I hated

it. I have been loosing weight and they have been threatening to

put in another one and all I can say is the hell you are....

But if you are getting that much weaker and loosing weight, it is

great. Once you have become malnurished you dont really feel it.

But when you have regained your strength and are more nutritionally

stable; you can really FEEL the difference and people can see it as

well. I did feel much better and stronger more during that time then

previously.

I hope you dont need one, it really was awful, but if you do it will

make you so much stronger. If there is anything I can do to help

just let me know.

Warmly,

christine