Colleen, tell him that the Nasal tube is really no big deal. I had one for a couple of weeks after I was gut-shot many years ago in Vietnam. It got to the point that I would remove it myself if I started to choke, and then reinsert it myself.
(mine was attached to a pump keeping my stomach empty, but the nose doesn't know the difference.)
The idea of a nasal tube is, for some reason, much more repugnant than the reality of it.
Unlike the idea of starving, which is much less repugnant than the reality...
Good luck, Bart
Last edited by Bart; 05-25-2013 06:35 PM.
My intro:
http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post16364409/09 - Dx OC Stg IV
10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad
11/09 - PET CLEAN
07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver)
06/12 - PET CLEAN
09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver)
04/13 - PET CLEAN
06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node)
10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective
11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres
02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node
03/15 - Begin 15 Rads
03/24 - Final Rad! Woot!
7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!
