Most people with or without degrees, afflicted or with family afflicted and thus desperate, will not be able to make reasonable judgements. This smacks of an info-commercial. It is Sherry regarding my Peg Tube. There was some confusion about the name of the surgery. So being a Nurse before ALS interfered with my speech here is the word on Tube Feeding.
Gastrostomy is the creation of an opening into the stomach.
This procedure is done to provide for the administration of food and liquid when stricture of the esophagus or other conditions make swallowing difficult or impossible. The Gastrostomy tube is also know as Peg Tube. When I had my Peg Tube done it is important that the skin around the opening must be protected from irritation by the gastric juices which may leak from the opening and act as a corrosive on the skin. Flush the tube before and after each intermittent feeding. Flush the tube with 30 to 60 ml of water.