From Misty Taggart: My husband has been on a peg tube and now a j tube for about 3 years. They changed to the j tube a few weeks back because he was still getting pneumonia. This is supposed to stop that. He wants to feed himself and not get the pump. I prefer that he doesnt get the pump . . . he says it will make him feel like an invalid. WE went through tongue and neck cancer some years back and the radiation left him with the inability to swallow without food going into his lungs. As his caretaker, Im finding it hard not to be angry a lot of the time ... not at him, but at the situation. It will never change . . . and It has totally changed our lives. Food is everywhere . . . and he will never be able to eat or drink through his mouth as long as he lives. Others who are battling this emotional situation . . . how are you doing it?
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 05:13:26 +0000