Hi there everyone... Im having a hard time doing the research to get answers, so Im hoping people here can help me understand.

My father in Law called over the weekend. He has had stage IV throat cancer for quite some time, that I believe they essentially consider in remission. Hes had most of his mouth rebuilt with concrete (his jaw anyway) and has lost quite a bit of the roof of his mouth, tongue, and surrounding areas. At most of his check ups, they do usually remove some sort of tumor, some benign, some not.

He called to tell us that his throat was atrophying, and he was going to have a feeding tube put in today. His wife mentioned it being a stomach tube, so Im assuming its a PEG system, but thats about all I know.

Can someone tell me what this means? Could it be a long term thing he could live with (in fact, probably getting BETTER nutrition than he has for quite some time), or is this a thing where we're talking a matter of months?

My husband and I are expecting, and if we're talking a matter of months, I want to give him the chance to go see his dad and spend some time with him before Im super pregnant, or we have a newborn AND a toddler running around.

Help?

Thanks all.....