I had a J tube for a few months following Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer surgery. The last few months were spent in nursing facilities which I found to not be very good for patients. Of the 4 places I was in, 95% of the nurses caring for patients didn't know the difference between a "J" tube and a "G" tube. Consequently, they thought nothing of crushing my meds and running them thru my J tube which clogged it up like cement. The G tube is larger & goes into the stomach & the smaller J tube goes into the intestine. Unclogging rarely worked and twice I had to go to ER to have the damaged tube removed and replaced with a new one. One nurse tried pouring hot water from the coffee maker into the tube which then exploded and the extremely hot water seriously burned my abdomen. I was so glad to get the tube removed after I finally returned home after 7 mo. of confinement.