Hi Jim,
I don't have an answer for you, I don't know much-who am I kidding?-I don't know anything really about tubes.
Maybe you should re-post this under a new topic, subject -- long term tube users?
May I ask, what kind of treatment did you receive?
Donna


Donna
CG to Mom, dx 4/25/07 with tongue cancer,T3N0,tx began 7/6/07, 31 tx's of IMRT, 8 cycles of Erbitux. Brachytherapy, surgery, left neck dissection and temp trach placed all on 9/17/07, trach removed 10/17/07. ORN of jaw, late effect of radiation symptoms. **lost my beautiful mother on 5/5/11.