How long to recover from a PEG insertion

Hello wesurvived

I hope you do not mind me replying as I had a different type of cancer to your husband but by doing so it will hopefully be seen by someone who has had a PEG.

I am sorry to hear of your husbands diagnosis of cancer and that he is having discomfort from his wound site for the PEG.

It may be worth giving his doctors a call for some advice or alternatively giving NHS111 a call if he is getting a lot of pain. I often phoned my CNS during my cancer treatments and had a 24 hour number to call for any worries. Often it was just a bit of reassurance that was needed.

I will pop a link to some info that may be of help.

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) – Information and Care guidelines for patients and carers - Milton Keynes University Hospital (mkuh.nhs.uk)

And also a link for getting support over Christmas if needed.

(+) Accessing support during the festive season - Macmillan Online Community

Hope this helps and that your husbands wound site is feeling less painful now.

Jane

Hi there. Having a. PEG inserted can knock the stuffing out of you! I could hardly move for 3-4 days after mine, and it took me a week to recover, I would say. But I promise it will get better.

Thank you = still whacked but will give it time x

Hi

My Macmillan nurse had warned me that having a PEG tube inserted would feel like being kicked in the stomach by a horse and she was right. It took several days to get over the initial pain. I wasn't able to swallow anything so it saved my life, but I did find it very painful. I was 53 at the time. 

Thank you - good to know he's not the only one!