Re: g tube feeding -A

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I have worked with a couple of these people.

You prescribe your IDEAL diet for (assuming he could eat it). Then he wife makes it and puts in a blender and delivers via the G-tube. You may have to dilute in a liquid -but it worked quite well. Same nutrition but no satisfaction of taste.

Be sure he "smells " the food cooking to stimulate the HCL/ pancreatic enzymes.

Dick Thom

Beaverton, OR

cancer, endocrine, Business of Health

Hi group

A patient of mine has had a reoccurence of tongue/throat cancer that

was in remission for 12 years. His symptoms were chronic sore throat

(tearing like pain). Because of his history I told him I was concerned

about cancer re-occurence and that he needed to go back to his MD and

get scoped. He wasnt too willing to do this and unfortunately his MD

didnt seem too concerned and only looked in his throat in the office.

After 7 months of inadequate testing and false negative petscan and

trial of antifungals and antibiotics he was finally correctly diagnosed

after an MRI. (mostly due to insistence of the wife) I at this time

treated him in the beginning with demulcents and draingage and felt

somewhat ok with it becuase the PET scan was clear. I have learned

alot from this, particularly to listen to your gut and make sure proper

follow up is occuring.

My question now is if anyone knows any recipes or formulas that can be

given through a g-tube. He recently had 4 major surgeries and is

underwieght. His wife was able to "fatten' him up with a high protein

drink mostly corn syrup, oils etc. It only worked temporarily while on

this food. I have some ideas but would like to know if anyone has

recommendations appropriate for a g-tube. His wife is very proactive

and is willing to make any food preperations necessary.

Thanks

ND

Seattle

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