Eli! The feeding tube is no big deal. If you have read my post about this in another section of this forum, you will know I was irrationally afraid of this, and embarrassed when it proved to be a piece of cake. I had an IV started, and when I woke up had a tube. Does NOT hurt. Was a little sore for just a day. Tell your sister that I was the world's greatest doubter, but I have been converted. She needs one.