SPOS - G-tube and dealing with taking pills

Stomach Peg Original Soup™ SPOS - G-tube and dealing with taking pills

FIrst, I always check to see if there is a liquid or powder form.  I ask my doctor.  Then I ask my pharmacist.  Sometimes there are new formulas coming out that one of them doesn't know about

8/14/2018 UPDATE:  Dana Farber's computer system now has a huge range of medicine styles.  My doctors and nurses always are looking for liquid and powder forms.

Some of my medicines are unique and  are solids like pills that the doctors expect me to grind up and then pour them down my g-tube.  I have discovered that it is easier to boil water pour a cup of it into a 4-cup Pyrex measuring cup.  I then add the pills and allow them to dissolve in the water.  I let it sit about 30 minutes.  I have more time, than I do arm muscle.

I do check with my pharmacist to make sure that the hot water won't harm the effectiveness of medicine.  I was most concerned with antibiotics, and so far I have not had any issues with the medicines I take.

Once the medicines have dissolve.   I take  chilled puree like blueberry muffin puree from the refrigerator and add a cup to the pyrex measuring cup.  This evens out the temperature of the liquid. I stir it just to make sure the temp has evened out.

8/14/2018 UPDATE:  For  my vitamins like Vit. C, Magnesium Citrate, Thistle, and Turmeric, I just toss them in my Vitamix with my second breakfast.  Never had any problem with them pureed small enough to go down the tube. 


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