Peg pain

Hi Tracy, everything you have said seems perfectly normal, it will be sore and it will give that cramping feeling. However, it will settle down after a few days. It will feel a lot better when you have the stitches out. I had a RIG they are very similar to a PEG. 

Ray.

Yes ...PEG discomfort should settle down within a week, abdominal area muscles are normally very tender afterwards, co-codamol pain meds worked well for me. You will soon get used to the PEG  maintenance regime, advance and rotating seems a little strange at first, can be a bit nippy, it's essential to keep the area sterile, I was given a healthy supply of sterile gauze pads to insert between the PEG bumper and my skin.

PEG feeding tube care advice

Thanks Ray, 

Paranoia is getting the better of me causing anxiety.  A vicious circle.  I keep mentioning the cramps which are very painful and noone has said it is a normal process.  So it wad worrying me 

Tracy 

Hi Michael 

I did expect pain due to the procedure, tenderness etc. But it's these cramps and popping pain below the peg thats freaking me out 

Tracy 

have a word with your team, they may loosen it a little.. mine was fitted very tight and was released just a touch.. wasn't a lot, but it made a difference.

Thank Loz

.yes ive told them it's very tight but they didn't really seem bothered .

Tracy

A lot of people experience cramps. They are normal. Some folk sail through ok others not, it’s how your body reacts. It doesn’t mean anything is wrong. Buscopan seems to help.  You could run that past your team. 
Many of these take a week to settle going by previous posts. 

Thanks so much Dani

I was thinking something like that may help.  Just reassuring to know it's normal .thanks for setting my mind at rest 

Tracy xx

Thanks loz

they've just loosened it ,I can stand up a bit better now 

Good evening Lotty, it will be a bit uncomfortable to begin with, sometimes it's just your body getting used to and recognising the foreign body. You can loosen the disc that fits against your stomach by sliding it down while holding the tube. My stomach is always moving /expanding, so the disc moves on its own, so i have to slide it back down, so it's about 5mm or 1/4 of an inch from your stomach. It should not be tight, as the stomach needs to expand and retract. I have learned this from having a PEG since 2010 so hopefully it will start to settle down now, all the best.

                                          Chris