My husband has 10 radiation treatments to go and I brought him home for the weekend. The nutritionist told me to keep track of what he ate and sent 6 cans of Endure home with us. I feel like a failure because he has been unable to eat anything I make. I made a milkshake with 4 scoops of vanilla ice cream, 2 raw eggs, a cup of chocolate soy milk and a lot of instant breakfast. It tasted great to me but it burned his mouth.

All he will eat at the Tampa VA nursing home is mashed potatoes and gravy.

He refused to get a PEG and has just recently agreed to a pickline since he needs an IV every night to aid his kidneys in flushing the amifostine.

This is so frustrating. What can I feed him when he comes home on the weekends? I think they may stop weekend home visits since I am unable to feed him.