I'm with Christine on this. I just go to the meal and don't have any food. I'm not embarrassed by my new normal, but others at the table might be uncomfortable.

I do my feeding at home, hooked up to a pump usually, while I sleep. IF I needed the nutrition badly when others are eating, then I would use the syringe method, but I don't, so I don't.

Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.