 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | OK so all of the above posts only reinforces the fact that we can alll be different in our reactions to the same treatment.
First off forget about Ensure, get him to try Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC as it has a whopping 560 calories in the same 8 oz can so that means regardless of how he gets it to his stomach he won't have to open as many cans nor waste as much time nor endure as much pain, etc to get the necessary calories.
A PEG is a type of G tube in that it requires an insertion thru the the skin into the stomach. The nasal tube requires NO surgery. It takes a few minutes at most to feed the tube thru the nose into the stomach. Then you must be x rayed to make sure the tube is in the stomach. Then the metal rod is pulled out.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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