Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 118 Likes: 1 | Welcome, Jesse, and thank you for joining OCF. "Drink Your Meals" is a valuable resource. I am a G-tube with syringe feeder and use a 14 French. Your website indicated blended meals were suitable for an 8 through 20 French. Is that accurate? My hesitancy in moving from formula to a blenderized diet is tube clogging. I am six years out from surgery and radiation, but I am now dealing with trismus, ORN, and dysphagia. Due to weight loss I had a PEG placed in March. I may also have my PEG "for the long haul." Real meals preparation with odors of fresh fruits and vegetables and spices and herbs has an appeal. I still enjoy food smells and the tactile prep of foods, and I do believe that with careful attention to diet and calories "real food" is best for our bodies. I am so happy to add my welcome to OCF.
Be well. Zenda 12/04 SCC Tonsil, Stage IV T3N2BM0. Mod RND, resect right oropharynx, free-flap, resect right tongue base. Erbitux,Docetaxel,RT X 33. 6/08 Mets lung, hilar lymph node:Carboplatin, Docetaxel. 2010 2nd clinical trial:lung clear, node stable. ORN,trismus,dysphagia. 8-10/2012 cryoablation,brachytherapy,cyberknife to lymph node. 12/12 NED. 6/13 Mets RLL lung: 8/13 cyberknife. 11/13 NED.
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