Once you get a NG tube fitted when does is need replacing? My tube was fitted around 7 weeks ago half way through the RT. A few weeks later I had a bridle fitted, does this get replaced more often?
Hi Scoobee07f0
I didn’t have a bridle, instead my NG was just taped to my nose and cheek.
Bridles are fitted to stop the tube being pulled out by accident especially in children so I suppose taping them achieves the same thing.
My NG tubes ( I had two) lasted around six weeks each. I vomited both up and I know that no amount of tape would have stopped that.
I think the dieticians like to change NGs every six weeks anyway. They tend to get really yukky where they sit inside the stomach.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
