Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Feb 2005  Posts: 2,019  |    thanks for the Naturade link--I'm still trying to figure out how to swallow enough to get off the tube. I think that could help.
  Nelie
  p.s. Does anyone know of something that could be mixed with water to make something smooth and nutritional enough to work as tube food for a few days? I'd like to think if I have to stay on the tube I could eventually go backpacking, for example, without having to carry several cans of stuff around for every day (Heavy!) Likewise for traveling on business trips.....        
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia.  "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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