Supporting Member (50+ posts)    Joined:  Jan 2007  Posts: 97  |    Hi- Towards the end of radiation I finally met with the nutritionist(should have done it earlier!) and she gave me a bunch of free samples of high calorie foods. One of them was amazing, it's called Benecalorie at it has 330 calories in a few tablespoons. The taste/texture is gross, and its expensive but it can really help add calories. I did not have a PEG tube, but I lived on Ensure and Carnation VHC. You can buy Benecalorie through amazon.
  Melissa        
Age 36. Four years of fighting Stage 4 Skull Base Cancer Can't even fit it in the signature line. I've tried it all! 5 surgeries, IMRT, cyberknife, cisplatin, erbitux, AIM, taxotere, carboplatin.    |