A peg ?

Hello Tiadora

Welcome to the Online Community. I am sorry to see that you are waiting for a diagnosis of mouth cancer.

You have asked about a peg/ng. 

Here is a link and if you go to half way down the page there is information about them.

Eating and drinking after head and neck cancer treatment | Macmillan Cancer Support

This link is some information around mouth cancer that may help while you are waiting for your diagnosis. 

Mouth cancer | Macmillan Cancer Support

I hope this helps but if there is anything else please let us know.

Jane

Tiadora said:

Can anyone explain what a peg or ng is please I’m waiting on my diagnoses this week on mouth cancer I’ve read some have a peg or other fitted ? 

Hi. Both are stomach feeding tubes. The PEG goes directly into the stomach through the abdominal wall. The Nasogastric tube goes down the nose, down the oesophagus and into the stomach through the cardiac sphincter. It’s taped to the side of your face with micropore. I had an NG tube for 8 weeks. I took it out myself. A PEG is taken out in hospital once the dieticians are sure weight is being maintained. 
Some trusts place PEGs ( or RIGs which are similar) befire treatment. Some do NG tubes reactively should they be needed. 

PS. Most of us here had one or the other. Mine saved my life and kept me fed well enough to make an uneventful recovery. 

Hello. I had a PEG fitted prior to 6 weeks of chemoradiationn

It is fitted endoscopically (via the mouth) under sedation.  

I put all hydration.& meds through my PEG aswell as linking up to a small pump each night for feeding. Please feel free to ask anything   

I had throat cancer finished treatment oin October but because of damage to my throat because of RT I'm still unable to eat. I had a RIG feeding tubecfitted which has been my lifeline, I've lost 3.5 stone. I'm now on pump feeding through thecstomachntube.  Itsxfine, bit uncomfortable sometimes butbitsvok.  If you get offered one before treatment have it fitted, you don't have to use it.its a good fall back and better done now than later.    Good luck.   X

Wow Dani you were brave taking it out yourself. I have had several over time after surgeries for a short while and the district nurse took mine out at home but the last time the doctor took it out when I went for my follow up check up. It is completely painless when being removed, I didn't even know it had happened.I wouldn't feel confident to take it out myself. as they also had a stitch in my nose to keep it in place.However with you being a vet you must have had plenty of practice putting them in and taking them out on our furry friends so would know exactly how to do it.

Lyn

Hi Lyn.

No stitch. Just micropore plaster.

I vomited the first one up. So there it was hanging out of my mouth (I didn't realise how long they were) I couldn't really do anything else but pull it out of my nose. I thought it would be safer than doing it the other way.....awful but it just slipped out so the second one came out just as easily.

I know Hazel took hers out but with nurse supervision. She had the first one changed so had watched her dietician do it.

Hi Lyn yep just pulled mine out slowly in fr9nt if nurse. As Dani says it was surprisingly long * and stunk vile.

Hazel x