RJM

I hope you saw Leslie's fantastic post of Roger Ebert's column on not being able to eat or drink but living forever on a G tube. Go to that link, print it out for your husband.
Also there was another link in that column to yet another blog entry by Ebert that had this to say
[quote]I mentioned that I can no longer eat or drink. A reader wrote: "That sounds so sad. Do you miss it?" Not so much really. Not anymore...Let me return to the original question: Isn't it sad to be unable eat or drink? Not as sad as you might imagine. I save an enormous amount of time. I have control of my weight. Everything agrees with me. And so on.

What I miss is the society. Lunch and dinner are the two occasions when we most easily meet with friends and family. They're the first way we experience places far from home. Where we sit to regard the passing parade. How we learn indirectly of other cultures. When we feel good together. Meals are when we get a lot of our talking done -- probably most of our recreational talking. That's what I miss.[/quote]
Here is the link to that other blog: NIL by mouth
Now I don't have to wrestle with the right words to share with you, these two blogs do it all. I hope your husband will like them
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