SKP,

Have you checked your insurance plan??? Many plans cover the liquid supplements and equipment needed to "eat" with the tube. Our plan included a nutritionist's oversight to calculate how many calories Bill needed a day for optimal intake...then the company delivered the supplement (Nutren 2.0 with fiber)and supplies (gauze,tape,syringes, etc.) to the house...very helpful.

Everyone is right...getting thru this treatment is one day at a time, good pain control, and good nutrition/hydration..the latter being hugely important.

Good luck to you both...we are all here to help you thru this nightmare. Deb

Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!

Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill