Post treatment Rig Issues!

Hi Davy, like you I consider my RIG to have been my lifesaver. When I started to eat more solid type foods, I cut down the amount of my overnight feeds through the RIG, until it was no longer needed, then the district nurse removed it. Fortunately, I didn't have any problems with the RIG, it didn't make me feel sick or anything like that, I just classed it as a necessary part of my treatment. You seem to be doing very well with eating so early into your recovery, all the best.

Ray.

DaveyD - speaking from personal experience having had a OEG during treatment and now permanently fed using a RIG, I’d hold on to the RIG as long as possible ‘just in case.’ I know that’s probably not what you’d like to hear but it’s so much easier to remove it (and less stressful) than to have to have it inserted again.

As far as the nausea is concerned, I found the same thing when transitioning to ‘real food’ - my only guess was because I’d had to depend on the medical meal concoctions for so long that getting back to a normal diet was a bit of a wrench to the system. Obviously, everyone reacts differently and what is typical for one person isn’t for another. I’d reach out to your Community Dieticians to get some feedback from them?