RIG tube

kjp37
kjp37 Member Posts: 11
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

Im gonna be highly dependent on my rig for a while, just wondering if anyone has any ideas of the types of stuff i can put through the tube. I dont think 2000 calories will be enough for me 

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  • Elaineh
    Elaineh Member Posts: 21
    #2
    RIG tube

    whT is a RIG tube?

  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 Member Posts: 4,716
    #3
    Do you mean

    PEG Tube?

  • kjp37
    kjp37 Member Posts: 11
    #4
    phrannie51 said:

    Do you mean

    PEG Tube?

    similar

    I think they're pretty similar the difference is RIG radiologicaly inserted gastronomy is put in using x rays and the PEG uses a endoscope 

  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #5
    PEG tube food

     

    I been on the PEG Tube for a little more than 3 years now and I put anything I want through it. What I do is to blend it up like soup, humbugger, French fries, stake, fish, and potatoes. You can use a Montel or Vidmix blender or even a Magic bullet blends, add a lot of water and you have PEG tube food. Also don’t forget to asks you doctor as well.

     

    Tim

  • kjp37
    kjp37 Member Posts: 11
    #6
    Hondo said:

    PEG tube food

     

    I been on the PEG Tube for a little more than 3 years now and I put anything I want through it. What I do is to blend it up like soup, humbugger, French fries, stake, fish, and potatoes. You can use a Montel or Vidmix blender or even a Magic bullet blends, add a lot of water and you have PEG tube food. Also don’t forget to asks you doctor as well.

     

    Tim

    Taste

    Curious about that those fries, can you taste it a little. I have a ibuprofen that is fizzy and strawberry flavoured and i can taste that a bit in my throat . Also how do you know you've put too much food into the tube

  • jim and i
    jim and i Member Posts: 1,788 Member
    #7
    Hondo said:

    PEG tube food

     

    I been on the PEG Tube for a little more than 3 years now and I put anything I want through it. What I do is to blend it up like soup, humbugger, French fries, stake, fish, and potatoes. You can use a Montel or Vidmix blender or even a Magic bullet blends, add a lot of water and you have PEG tube food. Also don’t forget to asks you doctor as well.

     

    Tim

    Food

    I agree with Tim. Pretty much anything can go through the tube as long as it is very well blended and thin. Always be sure to flush well. Jim's incGood lucksurance paid for a high calorie formula and the equipment to set it up on autumatic so it fed him while he was asleep. Then he had all day without having to worry about going through the feeding. He was self concious about doing the food directly around people.  Good luck. Debbie

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