I had a nasal tube...I insisted that I would have no trouble eating but when it hit me it hit hard...couldn't get a can of ensure down...My doc uses the nasal tubes instead of peg...problem for me was that they could not insert it without putting me to sleep, they just couldn't get it in AND it clogged a lot even though I was faithful in flushing it, so I had to be knocked out each time to reinsert a new one. Good news was that once I had it I felt better with getting nutrition and stopped losing weight (had lost 65lbs)

Good luck to you all...


51 yr old female...dx 12/28/07, partial gloss 1/23/08, nd 3/5/08. Opened the neck AGAIN, 5/21/08. Non smoker, occasional drinker. Additional node pos. 6/26/09, Starting rads and chemo (5-fu, Cisplatin) 7/13/09 T1N2MO. Almost 2yrs out of treatment and feeling great....