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Any needed a feeding tube during chemo and immunotherapy?
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@donnawmsbrady, I hope you saw the helpful posts from fellow members. You might also find these related discussions helpful:
- Emotional implications of having a feeding tube https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/emotional-implications-of-having-a-feeding-tube/
- Caring For Someone who Uses A Feeding Tube https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-caring-for-a-feeding-tube-patient/
- Feeding tube patients: What's your experience?https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/feeding-tube-patients/
Donna, when does your husband start chemo and immunotherapy? How are you doing?
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@colleenyoung Thanks! I wish we'd had that we'd had that collection of resources six months or so ago. I've been on one since early March. In fact, I'm on my second, the first having been replaced ten days ago, when the opening tab broke off. I also resisted at first and lost about 30 pounds on a soft diet, and I'm short. I've regained about 10. I'm not totally dependent. In fact, I eat a pastry and a couple of cups of coffee every morning. At 6 months, my PET and EUS + biopsies showed me cancer free, but I have a stricture about a third of the way down, courtesy of the proton radiation. I've had one dilation and I'm due for another on 11/13. I may need a couple more. Timing and working it in with a normal life is the main aggravation now. An oncologist friend (not my doc) compared them to raising a difficult child. You get used to it... 🙂