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Showing Original Post only (View all)Big news day, but first, I have been cancer free for two years as of May3 [View all]
Today I was taking off Tefla pad, cutting it with scissors, when I accidentally cut my food tube right above the bumper. It was a mess, 2 Cal everywhere. My wife called 911 and had an ambulance on the way. So I was sitting there covered in my stomach contents, holding the tube closed. I sprinted upstairs and found some old hemostats and clamped it shut.
When I got to the ER the determined I have to get a new PEG. It hurt when they took it out, but not as bad as I thought. It was kind of bloody, but not too bad.
So now I have a new low profile feeding tube. So everything is OK now. The doctor had with him a medical student, soon to be an Army doctor. She was given the task fo removing the tube. She got it most of the way out, then the Dr stepped in and finished the job.
So I am OK. had some 2Cal and watched some TV with my wife. Good day I'd say.