Has anyone been tubed?

[meridianlosing 13]

hey ya'll. so i went to see my regular doctor today and she put in a request for me to see a new surgeon and i'll be going next month but, in the mean time, she is thinking about tubing me. i haven't been able to hardly keep foods down. so has anyone here ever been tubed? she also requested an at home IV for a week which i am used too because i had it before when i lived in omaha.

[asantiago 89]

Hell so sorry you having a hard time. I had 3 major surgury from December 16, 2014 up until November 2016 and they had to put a NG tube in my nose to flush things out and I was in IV at home for 6 month in a half everyday for 12 hours. I still have issue keeping food down and have lost a tremendous amount of weight. Have you been eating small portion ? Have you been drinking Protein shake? It takes forever for me rock finish but try to keep drinking little by little. I saw a nutritionist. Let me know if you need any suggestions or questions. Hang in there.

[meridianlosing 13]

2 hours ago, asantiago said:

Hell so sorry you having a hard time. I had 3 major surgury from December 16, 2014 up until November 2016 and they had to put a NG tube in my nose to flush things out and I was in IV at home for 6 month in a half everyday for 12 hours. I still have issue keeping food down and have lost a tremendous amount of weight. Have you been eating small portion ? Have you been drinking Protein shake? It takes forever for me rock finish but try to keep drinking little by little. I saw a nutritionist. Let me know if you need any suggestions or questions. Hang in there.

I'm eating small portions and drinking Protein shakes but hardly anything stays down.

did it hurt to have the tube put down your nose?

[asantiago 89]

Do you vomit when you eat food a lot? That happen to Me and I had two bowel obstruction and had to have surgury both times not including the bypass. The tube doesn't hurt but ot feels uncomfortable because they make you drink Water while you are swallowing and as you swallow the tube is going down with the help of Wk surgeon or doctor. Couldn't tolerate it so when they did ny surguey they did it while I was under anesthesia but it doesn't hurt it feels uncomfortable like you have something in our nose but it's no pain.

[asantiago 89]

Have they down a gi study to see if you have a blockage?

[erikshappywife 20]

Yes, it is no biggie as you are asleep

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[Mickie0130 61]

I'm an RN and I put NG tubes in my patients all the time and they are not asleep. We actually need your help when it is passing down the throat. You'll be asked to drink and swallow as it's being advanced. Putting patients asleep is not the norm for this procedure. Afterwards they may order a chest x-ray to double check placement is on the stomach and not lungs.

[klingie84 91]

RN here also n u are awake for an ng tube. We need you to swallow the Water n everything to help it advance to your stomach. I have never done one on an unconscious pt. Chest X-ray is only way we can verify accurately at my hospital per policy.

[asantiago 89]

Hello

Yes NG tubes are mostly done awake. I know they try having me swallow the tube but I couldn't handle it. I get a lot of anxiety and I think I got so nervous I pulled it out as soon as they had me try to swallow Water. I had obstruction so I needed surgury and not sure how they inserted it on me but when I woke up, I had a tube in my nose. What is the major reason for those tubes? I know stuff was coming out of my stomach.

[blondie66 271]

This might be not valid but the first few months if I drank anything and ate at same time I'd vomit. I couldn't eat any solids until 10 weeks... kept to Protein Shakes. But healed well and no issues.

[Marissa.Ann.C 21]

See if steroids help... I needed them to decrease swelling so I could eat. Before that I had SEVERE nausea so I couldn't eat


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