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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Try mixing the VHC half and half with whole milk. I drank that stuff with every meal every day into my 2nd year post Tx just to make sure I was getting 3000 cals a day. I never had a PEG so I was forced to "eat" the entire time. By week 3 post Tx I was eating mashed potatoes w/ gravy, fruit cocktail, mac n cheese and I never did get a nausea feeling from eating.
BTW even with 3000 cals a day I didn't gain a pound my first year. Just tells me how much behind the scenes energy my body was using in my recovery stage.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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