
Part II: CANCER
Badge of Courage
After several months I was again able to swallow liquids and very soft foods. But the stomach feeding tube was going to remain in me due to doctor's orders. Something could go wrong and I might need the tube again to feed. A few people around me knew about the tube and were curious to see it, and for some reason it became like a badge of courage.
Being from the state of Texas I guess that I had to show it off. Remember President Lyndon B. Johnson showing off his gallbladder scar in the 1960's always flashing the news photographers.