Pam Markford wrote:
> Hello everyone! I just got on for a quick moment this am. I am so very
> glad that I did. I don't want to sound like I am telling anyone what to
> do or trying to be very negative. I so feel very strongely about this
> BAKER tube buisiness though! I have been there, done that as the saying
> goes and honestly, I NEVER EVER want to go through that again! If this
> is the same tube you are talking about it went from the nasogastric
> track down though the stomach all the way to the rectum like 27 feet.
> They left in me at least seven days along with a nasogric tube in the
> other nostril and I had to have a central IV line to have TPN(my feeding
> through an IV line) for nine days. I would strongely suggest you ask
> your doctor many, many more questions about the surgery he is proposing.
> Yes, you can get through it if you really have NO other choices but I
> would exhaust my choices first. I will pray for you and that you will
> find another choice with less recovery. I hope you don't mind the
> opinion of someone who has been there and doesn't want to go back. I
> would also like to suggest that if the Bakers tube is your only choice
> to make sure that your surgeon is a Gasto surgeon! Take care of yourself
> and remember we are all here to help each other.
>
> --
> In Loving Friendship, Pam Markford PJtweetyRN@aol.com
>