Resources and Helpful Links

Unclogging Tubes

• A 2005 study with several solutions for unclogging tubes:  http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=142656

• Clog Zapper by Viasys Medsystems (Wheeling, IL; 800-323-6305)

• InTRO-ReDUCER by Health Improvement Associates (Freeland, MI; 800-526-       6364).

• Enteral nutrition complication chart and suggested steps to address the complications from the Oley Foundation - includes clogged tubes, upset stomach, etc.  http://www.oley.org/charts/newHEN.pdf

A promising, membership only site that promises extensive resources for tube feeders. Created by a man who has been on liquid nutrition for 8 years.  drinkyourmeals.com

Homemade Blended Formula Cookbook - focused on pediatric feeding but the same principles apply:
http://www.mealtimenotions.com/HomemadeBlendedFormulaHandbook.htm

Tube Feeding Recipes Do's and Don't's Discussion - There are some not-so-nice remarks by some member about our site here but there is also a lot of good information so the link remains for now: http://www.alsforums.com/forum/tips-tricks-gadgets/8346-blender-recipes-tube-feeding-dos-donts.html

Recipe suggestions and insight from other websites:

http://pedalingbackwards.com/all-about-g-tubes/g-tube-mechanics/
http://csn.cancer.org/node/146670

Discussion Group of people doing Real Food tube feeding: http://www.inspire.com/groups/oley-foundation/discussion/tube-feeding-real-food/

The one canned nutrition product I know of that is made with real food see Compleat at http://www.nestle-nutrition.com/Products/Product.aspx?ProductId=3b2e0608-a260-4023-b890-d5b41d2abc87

If you are tube feeding a child, this is an insightful blog with links to other useful sites:  http://shawntain.typepad.com/my_weblog/tube-resources.html
A site with some sample recipes for folks using a blenderized diet: blenderizeddiet.com. 

A Yahoo group about blended diet tube feeding for adults - this is a link sent by one of our readers who says it is a very useful group to learn about tube feeding. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Blenderized-Diet/   You can join this group by sending an email to: Blenderized-Diet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you are really pressed to increase calorie intake, I just heard about this product Two Cal from Abbott Labs you might look into it but it is not a "real food" product: http://abbottnutrition.com/Products/twocal-hn

SPOHNC -- A great place for information and support for head and neck cancer patients.  They produce a must-have, free resource guide entitled We Have Walked in Your Shoes at http://www.spohnc.org/guide.php.  They also produce a recipe guide but I haven't read it see: http://www.spohnc.org/recipe_resource_guide.php

National Cancer Institute -- Resource for information and publications on different types of cancer, resources available, dealing with side effects, etc. nd with this website, our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you.  See also their online publications that you can print or order at https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov//ncipubs/.  Or you can call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Chemotherapy Agent Information  (chemocare.com) --  information on the various chemotherapy drugs and how they work and important information on managing side effects and a list of common anti-nausea medications.

Nausea --  University of Maryland information on using ginger for nausea.

Head and Neck Cancer Online Discussions - Cancer Compass's online forum

Cancer Survivor's Network - American Cancer Society - survivors stories

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