 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Glad to hear you are working hard at keeping up your calories. That will make a huge difference in how you feel. Right now your body is working so hard fighting this and trying to rebuild itself that you are burning up calories at an amazing pace. Push yourself to get a minimum of 2500 calories and 48 oz of water every single day. You probably have realized you cant skimp one day and make it up the next. If you can hit 3000 calories and 60 oz of water or more thats even better!
Hang in there and before you know it this will be over and you will be in recovery mode. Next month this time you will be feeling much better and it only gets better from there.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
