I am not sure I understand the ins and outs of the feeding tube.
My mother recently had hers removed and that very day was able to eat.

Doesn't the tube create a hole through the skin and stomach lining, in order to transfer fluids into the stomach? Doesn't that hole need time to heel (close)?

How long is this recovery?

Thanks.


Daughter (30 yrs.) to awesome Mom (67 yrs.)
Diagnosed 7/2008 with T3or4N3cM0, squamous cell carcinoma.
Completed induction chemo (TPF) 8/08 and radiation/chemo 11/08. Successfully removed tumor via neck dissection 9/09 and went home from hospital in good spirits.
Joined the Lord Oct. 2009.