 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Angelia,
You need to put calories and water through your mouth as long as you possibly can. If you get to the point where your taste is affected but you can still swallow then get some Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC which has 560 nutritionally balanced calories in the small 8 oz can. I'm sure that will cut your daily cans down by at least 2. The VHC sure saved my butt because I only had to swallow 4 cans instead of 6 and 2 cans a day makes a HUGE difference.
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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