In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> >>> I was thinking more in terms of what if your health issues prevented you
> >>> from swallowing.
> >> blender and i.v. line to the rescue!
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> >
> > No, stomach tube installed thru the navel.
> >
> >
> actually it is never placed through the navel itself. It is placed in
> the abdominal wall into either the stomach or lower down into the jejunum.

Ok, Alex showed me his and that's what it looked like...

> It would make me miserable to have to have one of those when I love food
> so. I can imagine how depressing it is?

He did ok. The thing that made him the most miserable indeed was being
unable to swallow. I really felt for him.

He'd come to me (knowing I was ok with doing some stuff) with a slide
with a tongue scraping asking if I could look for fungus as he thought
that is what he had. It was negative. He told me later that it turned
out to be cancer. <sigh> I was sad.

> I know of someone who lost his
> sense of smell and I wonder how much he enjoys food now?

Older people tend to have that happen to them. I wonder how much of
that can be attributed to vitamin deficiencies? Dad seems to be able to
taste ok, but I know he does not smell as well as he used to, by his own
admission.
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Peace! Om

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