Amy's correct, the junk in my case came in cans from WalMart and was some kind of store brand; Safeway has a similar product in plastic bottles (slightly more expensive, but easier to seal and discard) and then there are the brand names like Boost and Ensure -- Essentially the same stuf and can be found in calories as high as 350 per container (the more calories, the fewer containers of junk that needs to go down the tube!.

My dietician informed me that three containers have enough vitamins, etc., to satisfy normal adult requirements for the day. To maintain my weight (172-4 lbs) I was consuming seven containers, or 2,450 calories per day.


Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.