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G-tube removal
- Thread starter nick9742
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I'm ready to have my G-tube removed and I was just gonna ask if anyone else here has had one and then removed. What does the stomach look like after it's out and healed? Does it leak? Does removing it require a doctor and surgery or can you do it at home?
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<br />Thanks!
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<br />Thanks!
I had my g-tube for a little over 10 years and then removed it. Originally, we just took it out and hoped that the hole would close on its own... but unfortunately no such luck. I dealt with constant stomach juice leaking for a couple of weeks (during final exams at school) which was certainly not pleasant and then finally was able to go to a doctor and have it surgically shut. I do have a scar where it used to be... but it is slowly fading over time.
I had my g-tube for a little over 10 years and then removed it. Originally, we just took it out and hoped that the hole would close on its own... but unfortunately no such luck. I dealt with constant stomach juice leaking for a couple of weeks (during final exams at school) which was certainly not pleasant and then finally was able to go to a doctor and have it surgically shut. I do have a scar where it used to be... but it is slowly fading over time.
I had my g-tube for a little over 10 years and then removed it. Originally, we just took it out and hoped that the hole would close on its own... but unfortunately no such luck. I dealt with constant stomach juice leaking for a couple of weeks (during final exams at school) which was certainly not pleasant and then finally was able to go to a doctor and have it surgically shut. I do have a scar where it used to be... but it is slowly fading over time.
I had my g-tube for a little over 10 years and then removed it. Originally, we just took it out and hoped that the hole would close on its own... but unfortunately no such luck. I dealt with constant stomach juice leaking for a couple of weeks (during final exams at school) which was certainly not pleasant and then finally was able to go to a doctor and have it surgically shut. I do have a scar where it used to be... but it is slowly fading over time.
I had my g-tube for a little over 10 years and then removed it. Originally, we just took it out and hoped that the hole would close on its own... but unfortunately no such luck. I dealt with constant stomach juice leaking for a couple of weeks (during final exams at school) which was certainly not pleasant and then finally was able to go to a doctor and have it surgically shut. I do have a scar where it used to be... but it is slowly fading over time.
Oh funny G-tube story. I was in the hospital for a post transplant bronch and when I woke up, I was like well while we are at it, let's get this thing out of my stomach. I had stopped using it and I hated it. So the surgical intern comes over takes it out and is like okay good luck see ya later! I was like um, excuse me, I realize I'm not a doctor, but common sense tells me that I have had this feeding tube in for 8 years and that this hole is pretty well healed the way it is. The intern was like oh no give it about 4 weeks and it will be all closed up. I decided to humor him.
Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
Oh funny G-tube story. I was in the hospital for a post transplant bronch and when I woke up, I was like well while we are at it, let's get this thing out of my stomach. I had stopped using it and I hated it. So the surgical intern comes over takes it out and is like okay good luck see ya later! I was like um, excuse me, I realize I'm not a doctor, but common sense tells me that I have had this feeding tube in for 8 years and that this hole is pretty well healed the way it is. The intern was like oh no give it about 4 weeks and it will be all closed up. I decided to humor him.
Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
Oh funny G-tube story. I was in the hospital for a post transplant bronch and when I woke up, I was like well while we are at it, let's get this thing out of my stomach. I had stopped using it and I hated it. So the surgical intern comes over takes it out and is like okay good luck see ya later! I was like um, excuse me, I realize I'm not a doctor, but common sense tells me that I have had this feeding tube in for 8 years and that this hole is pretty well healed the way it is. The intern was like oh no give it about 4 weeks and it will be all closed up. I decided to humor him.
Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
Oh funny G-tube story. I was in the hospital for a post transplant bronch and when I woke up, I was like well while we are at it, let's get this thing out of my stomach. I had stopped using it and I hated it. So the surgical intern comes over takes it out and is like okay good luck see ya later! I was like um, excuse me, I realize I'm not a doctor, but common sense tells me that I have had this feeding tube in for 8 years and that this hole is pretty well healed the way it is. The intern was like oh no give it about 4 weeks and it will be all closed up. I decided to humor him.
Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
Oh funny G-tube story. I was in the hospital for a post transplant bronch and when I woke up, I was like well while we are at it, let's get this thing out of my stomach. I had stopped using it and I hated it. So the surgical intern comes over takes it out and is like okay good luck see ya later! I was like um, excuse me, I realize I'm not a doctor, but common sense tells me that I have had this feeding tube in for 8 years and that this hole is pretty well healed the way it is. The intern was like oh no give it about 4 weeks and it will be all closed up. I decided to humor him.
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<br />Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
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<br />The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.
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<br />Well I went for four weeks dealing with stuff leaking out of my stomach. I ended up having to always have a gauze pad over the hole and I would wrap an ACE bandage around my stomach.
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<br />The last straw for me was when I was driving and drinking a Starbucks coffee and the entire cup of coffee poured out of my stomach as I was drinking it. hahah it was really funny. Needless to say, I called my doctor, told him I had given his intern the benefit of the doubt and now we were doing it my way. Went in for the surgery, they sew up your stomach then sew up skin and you are ready to go. I would say just skip everything I went through and go ahead and get it sewn up. the scar looks a bit like a bullet wound.