Hi RJM,

I'm a three time 27 year throat cancer survivor having had three surgeries and radiation. I'm tubefed since 2002. My left arm is paralyzed (I was left handed) but I have just enough movement in my left hand to be able to hold the mic-key extension while I plunge with my right hand. So happy for that! I share this with you only to let your husband know that adjustments can be made so your husband can have the best quality of life possible which is what we all want with our situations.

Over the years my phlegm and saliva have gotten very thick. I am unable to swallow any of it. Because it is so thick it gets caught up in my throat and can't cough it out. My short cut to deal with it is to take a toothbrush and stick it as far down my throat as possible and literally scrape the phlegm out. And it comes out stuck to the toothbrush. I rinse with water before and after until I have to do it again which ends up being about six or more times a day. I hope the toothbrush shortcut works for your husband like it does for me.

Blessings,

Jesse

My father is not able to swallow liquids/juices for past four weeks.(he stopped taking solid food 1 year ago). He is becoming weak, and become so thin. Doctors had already stopped the treatment before 4 months saying unable to control cancer growth. We are following anti-cancer diet(Gerson Diet) and other natural way of healing cancer. Now, he stopped taking the diet.
The only final hope for me is to feed anti-cancer diet through feeding tube. Please help me on below questions on your experience.
I need these answers before talking to a doctor, what to ask them etc.
1) Which tube option is the best in feeding volume. G-tube or NG-tube(Ryle's)? We need to feed 6 times 200ml of carrot/apple juices.
2) Which one is simple to Maintain?
3) Once if cancer is cured, can we remove G-tube and start eating through mouth normally?
4) How often we need to replace feeding tubes?
5) What to do if feeding tube displaced from the body? We can insert it or need to go to doctor?
6) Can we take carrot juices, apple juices, semi solid foods through feeding tube?
7) Any more suggestions.