who has had a feeding tube?

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Hi all,

Went back to Indiana University to see Dr. Fogel yesterday and he wants to

do another EUS with possible stenting. He also wants to see if he can find any

scar tissue or anything else that might suggest why I have been in the hospital

so much lately. He also mentioned highly that I have a feeding tube put in

because I cannot each hardly at all. Who knows about this. Who has had one.

What is it like. Can you eat anything by mouth? He wants to put it so that it

will bypass the pancreas so the pancreas doesn't have to work at all and this

should help to keep me out of the hospital when I do get a big attack.

I would appreciate anything anyone has to say about this. I don't know

anything about it.

Please advise.

Thanks.

T. (ohio)

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