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Feeding tube patients: What's your experience?
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Jun 25 10:24pm | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
Are you saying the balloon on your g-tube broke? If so, and if you don't want to go through our doctor, etc. (sounds like that is so) you can order them online. Amazon has them. Just be sure you order the same size you currently have.
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I saw somewhere that you mentioned a new g-tube would be $400. I was looking online because I was curious about mine...Posting links is not allowed, but if you look up Gastrostomy Feeding Tubes with Enfit Connector, and put in the size you have. For me, it's 18Fr and I see $49.80 for one identical to mine. Or, if yours isn't Enfit look for what you do use...it needs to work with whatever syringes you use. Prices seem to vary between upper $40s to $60 or so.
Putting in a fresh, clean undamaged tube every 3 months just makes sense to me.