I didn't post anything because all that I've been told so far is that it is normal and "the body doesn't like anything that it doesn't think belongs there." Because I know no one who has experience with feeding tubes long term, I had hoped that someone on this site would either say that this happens to them or that they never had a problem like having the balloon collapse and the feeding tube fall out every three months. I guess we just have to "live with this" and never travel far from a hospital. Thank you for asking, Becky.