Re: Tube change
Eric Olson (oly(AT)execpc.com)
Thu, 17 Oct 1996 17:23:01 -0700
Mike Ward wrote:
>
> i have mine changed when it needs it, about every six months. it does not hurt
> much but can be bloody. the doctor trained my wife to do it and it is easy as
> long as i am relaxed. she trims the scar tissue around the stoma about once a
> year and cauterizes it with silver nitrate sticks.
I change mine once a month. I don't have any problems. It doesn't
bleed at all. I use a cuffless flexible tube, so there is no internal
trauma either.
Eric