 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Gulia,
The "through the mouth" part is probably the airway to make sure he maintaines his breathing during the surgery and the doctors don't want to risk losing him on the operating table.
You didn't mention if your father had a mediport or PICC line. I was on TPN feedings for multiple months because I even vomitted from anything in the PEG tube. They waited until I was down to 135 before they started the TPN (from 216). They can actually boost the calories to anything they want based on doctor's orders. I was something like 2,500 calories.
Find another doctor to at least give you peace of mind.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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