You will not have a choice. The best place is the shortest distance between the outside wall of your chest, just below the rib cage and the stomach. The shortness of the tube make it hygienic, keeps the procedure to put it in simple and to the point, avoids other structures, nerves, and blood vessels, and can be hidden under your shirt when not actually in use. Be thankful that it is not 7 years ago when feeding tubes were larger and routinely placed through the nose. You would have this three inches of tube hanging out of your nose for months............ The technique has come along way since those days. Just let them do what they are going to do.


Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.