Hi Cherry, can you check with the doctors if Larry can control the stomach acid with Zantac? You can crush it with a mortar and pestle and give it to him through the PEG. John is also prescribed Prevacid which he takes daily to help his stomach deal with tube feeding. If he is not swallowing, try to get him to do his swallowing exercises at least. It is crucial.

Do you have someone who can come in a couple of times a week so you can have some time off? It is very hard to try and manage all that caregiving on your own especially when Larry is struggling. You don't want to burn out.

Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards

Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.