PEG Feeding Tube Removal

NeckCancer
NeckCancer Member Posts: 20
edited February 2020 in General Cancer
I have had a feeding tube for a few months. I am supposed to get it out now that I am able to eat by mouth. I have never asked the doctor what type of procedure is it to get it out. I'm assuming I'd have to be back in the OR and be put to sleep. I can't imagine them doing that in the doctors' office. Has anyone had one taken out that can share the details?

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  • andreacha
    andreacha Member Posts: 196
    edited February 2020
    Yes, sir. I had mine in for 7 weeks. On the day of discharge a doctor came in to take it out. FYI, they just pull it out. No anesthesia or operating room. I would think your doctor may do it in his office or maybe as you said, outpatient procedure. To my knowledge no one has to be knocked out.There are two types of feeding tubes that are used, collapsible or non-collapsible. The "non" are pretty much considered outdated, When the doctor ca me to my room he introduced himself as I'd never met him before. He lifted my gown and froze. He told me that they had put in a non- collapsible tube in and when he pulls it out he will be very fast but I'll feel pain like never felt before. It took my breath away and I passed out.
  • andreacha
    andreacha Member Posts: 196
    edited February 2020
    What a place to get cut off. The feeding tube was put in in a large hospital in the city. When this was followed up on we were told that there should not have been any in inventory and if it was given to the doctor, he should have known not to use it. This happened in 2006 so by now you should have a very smooth removal. My friend had a collapsible and he said it was very easy to remove and had no pain. Best of luck. Let us know how it goes for you.
  • meyati
    meyati Member Posts: 308
    edited February 2020
    My daughter has pulled out more than a few tubes. The first time my daughter observed a tube being pulled out at the VA, she almost did pass out. She decided that she had too much time and money invested to quit Speech Pathology. She does everything she can do to try to make the patient not feel so anxious.
  • Richardc
    Richardc Member Posts: 10
    edited February 2020
    Mine had been in place for several months. When the doctor came in to remove it, he said I may feel a slight tug. I was laying back on the table, he suddenly proclaimed he was done. I didn’t feel much of anything. My big concern is how was it going to heal up. He said the spot would heal over quickly. So much for poolside!
  • Dkatsmeow
    Dkatsmeow Member Posts: 37
    edited February 2020
    They do it in the office. They just pull it out. It's an unpleasant feeling, but it does not hurt. What's not fun, is having them reincerted. I am permanently on a PEG tube & they have to replaced mine every 2 to 3 years. They get kind of ratty after while
  • cllinda
    cllinda Member Posts: 153
    edited February 2020
    I had another kind of tube in my body when they shut off my bowels for six months. The doctor in his office just yanked it out. I saw stars because it hurt so much. No pain meds before. Just a yank. It was awful.
  • smlroger
    smlroger Member Posts: 16
    edited February 2020
    Mine was pretty easy. Had it done the same time they took out my port.
  • meyati
    meyati Member Posts: 308
    We all feel pain different ways. our physical and mental also affects us.

    At Tripler Army hospital, they needed to do a myelogram on my son's spine. They told him it wouldn't hardly hurt. He passed out and was in agony for days. The next patient that had one went to my son and called him a wimp, because that patient didn't feel any pain. The Army went to saying most people don't feel pain, but some pass out from the pain. The ward got divided with those that didn't have problem-pain and those like my son that suffered greatly.

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