https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/Cancer-of-the-oxrophanynx/m-p/14050#M1637 Kathy, Sorry to hear about your friend, but feeding tubes help patients maintain nutrition throughout treatments (+medications) and without good nutrition levels we don’t heal and recover as well. It's just another tool to help get through swallowing difficulties. I had a feeding tube shoved in my stomach for 3 ½ years while dealing with oral cancer surgery and ongoing dramas caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments. No doubt whatsoever it’s tough, but for most people it’s temporary. Best wishes to your friend for a speedy recovery. Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:33:38 GMT Karen_Rose 2015-01-16T03:33:38Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/Cancer-of-the-oxrophanynx/m-p/14049#M1636 Hi I have a friend who has cancer of the oxrophanrynx and finding it devastating having a nasogastric tube. Getting very down, it there any light at the end of tunnel for her? Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:14:49 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/Cancer-of-the-oxrophanynx/m-p/14049#M1636 KathyS 2015-01-11T12:14:49Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/Cancer-of-the-oxrophanynx/m-p/14050#M1637 Kathy, Sorry to hear about your friend, but feeding tubes help patients maintain nutrition throughout treatments (+medications) and without good nutrition levels we don’t heal and recover as well. It's just another tool to help get through swallowing difficulties. I had a feeding tube shoved in my stomach for 3 ½ years while dealing with oral cancer surgery and ongoing dramas caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments. No doubt whatsoever it’s tough, but for most people it’s temporary. Best wishes to your friend for a speedy recovery. Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:33:38 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/Cancer-of-the-oxrophanynx/m-p/14050#M1637 Karen_Rose 2015-01-16T03:33:38Z