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Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 9 | I went off IV hydration this week, a good thing, but have been making extra sure I drink enough water to remain hydrated. The challenge is that it's the old dieters trick, drink lots of water so you feel full and you don't eat as much. I'm not eating much yet anyway, but all the water is impacting how much PEG-formula + other foods I can get in in one day. And I really need to get my caloric intake up so I can reverse the weight loss treatments started.
Any advise/thoughts/experience on how to find the happy medium here?
Thanks
-Dan
11/2012 - Symtoms: earache
12/21/2012 - Diagnosed SCC, right tonsil
1/21/2013 - First Treatments, weekly Erbitux, Cisplatin, daily Ethyol, 7.5 weeks daily radiation
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 6 | Use a pump from a medical supply company to do feedings at night while you sleep. Ask your doc for a prescription.
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Add protein powder to your formula, it will increase, calories, nutrients and protein, but the amount you intake will be close to the same. best of luck.
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,406 | I always figured that if I was downing 3 or 4 cans of the liquid nutrition that I was getting fluid as well as food at the same time. Cheryl's suggestion sounds good to me.
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SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 14 years all clear in 6/23 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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