"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 507 | I would like to add that during Tx, once I became basically PEG dependent the Nutritionist had already calculated my essential fluid requirements into my Liquid diet.
I was on Nutren 1.0 with just 250 calories per can. When I asked about using some of the higher calorie stuff (fewer can to mess with) they politely said no because they wanted to make sure I was getting the fluids I needed (along with the calories).
Don TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm HiRes CT 6/21/08 Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08 PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08 35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11
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