I am getting smarter, but I have a question and hope someone can answer it. Again, I know this is a question for a Doctor but I am in Georgia and my PD brother is in Texas. He had pnemonia and Dr. put a feeding tube in his stomach. Now he feeds only through his stomach. (Dr. had him do a barium swallow and found he was swallowing into his lungs. ) Question: Is this a permanent method....or is there another arrangement? (In General) Larry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn