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Has any one been or is any one at home with an NG tube and a suction pump to drain?
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NG tube suction pump
- By lane600
- Posted August 5, 2009 at 8:47 pm · 4 replies
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- By shoppingkharma
- Posted August 9, 2009 at 3:07 am
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I was on one just a few days ago. By any chance are you experiencing an abdominal or bowel blockage? I hate those dam things and may have to get one again because I just had my 6th major abdominal surgery (cut up in same spot 6 times), but we are right now trying to control the pain. My main goal is to be able to eat, shit, fart, and control pain prior to being released from the the hospital.
I actually got to remove my NG tube just a few days ago and it was much less painful than someone else removing where I had no control.
- By PattyKey
- Posted August 9, 2009 at 11:35 am
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I had an NG tube for nine days in the hospital, and I can honestly say it was the worst experience of my life. I had a section of my colon removed and my dr. kept saying they couldn't remove the ng tube until they heard bowel sounds. This went on for nine days. Finally a gastro. dr. came in to see me, said they don't have to wait for bowel sounds as long as an x-ray shows no problems, and he removed the NG tube right there and then. Instant recovery and I was out of the hospital that afternoon.
My husband had to have one for a few days and I stood out in the hallway and cried while they were inserting it in him. They are horrible, and I hope and will say a prayer that you are able to unload that thing asap.
- By lane600
- Posted August 10, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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Well we are still in the hospital. This is week four. Still have an NG tube. It doesn't look like they can put in a GI gravity tube because of fluid build up (I think from being in bed so much) so stuck with the NG tube. It is a bowel obstruction (non-mechanical but the darn things just won't wake up). We couldn't find a home health agency to work with us to provide Ng tube suction at home but found a "bridge" hospice program through VNA that will allow us to still get chemo, TPN and other life prolonging treatment and still allow for the hospice component to provide an NG suction pump--so any day now we should be going home-- NG tube and all. Maybe when we get home the bowels will decide to do their thing. It never hurts to hope. Thanks
- By kimlyn1228
- Posted August 11, 2009 at 9:27 am
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I don't see how all of you can even have a ng tube? They tried putting that thing up my nose and down my throat twice when I was in for initial surgery. The second time pouring water down my throat so I would swallow it. I couldn't do it. My nose was bleeding. I couldn't breathe. It was horrible. I'm so scared I will get a blockage and I won't be able to swallow the tube. I'm 3 treatments into my first chemo with a pet scan next week.
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