 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Vanessa,
Consider Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC. It has 560 cals in the same size can as Ensure so by drinking the same number of cans as he does now, he will get many more calories. As time goes on this will be critical. I didn't have the Peg and I didn't have anything to loose but I ended up loosing 30% of my total body weight. I looked and felt like death but I credit the VHC and 3000 calories a day (only 6 cans) for pulling me out of my tunnel.
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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