Ok folks thanks....maybe I shouldn't have read this one!!! I also have had a feeding tube previous surgery gastric bypass and I also gaged so much that they had to pull it out early...Just wonderful to know things haven't changed all that much...I even have a nick out of my nose as a reminder. This and the trac my god they better keep me totally sedated or I will be pulling them out too...I can hardly wait for all party of tubes and wires and buzzers. Oops I lied ...I can wait one week in fact...not gonna be a good time for the nurses. I am going to be one of the worst patients...God better be with me and them just to get through 7 days of my life....in order to have a life time...I understand I must but there should be an easier way...I am finding out what to expect....and I don't know how I am going to get past this...my nurse said that the nerves will be deadened from the operation so I will barely notice the feeding tube...now I am not so sure!!!

I just keep thinking of the alternative...and the surgery and all the trimmings is still terrifying!!!

Dianne