Recovery

Hi Mango

My Macmillan nurse advised using Oramorph 15 mins before eating, eased discomfort in throat during swallowing...

Peter

Hi. I used my PEG for water, liquid food & all meds (in liquid/soluble form) Try soluble Panadol via your tube. . I had all PEG food on prescription & fed overnight via a small pump. Didn’t get on with fortisips, there are alternatives including lactose free ones.  Ask your dietician/HENs nurse. As I recovered I reduced my reliance on the PEG & drank chocolate Scandishakes  to supplement the bits of food I could swallow. Scandishakes were on prescription. You make them up with full cream milk. I started off eating orally again with tiny amounts of creme caramel, custard, tops of  mini trifles, soft bit of cheesecake… & gradually increased the amounts I could eat. Soggy weetabix with whole milk was my go to for weeks. 
I was on paracetamol, then added in Codeine, then morphine. Don’t struggle with pain -  It does get better. Hunker down, gets pain meds sorted & overnight feeding via a pump helps reduce the worry & stress about eating. 

Hi, I know you made this post a long time ago, so I hope you get this notification. 
are you UK based? I’m interested in the Lidocaine Solution as I’m not being offered it here in Wales and was wondering where you lived that is was avail able? Thanks