 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I was told 2500 to 3000 a day which I didn't do while in treatment and I lost 30% of my total body weight. Not good because I didn't really have a spare pound to loose going in. However post Tx, after I walked out of that damn tunnel, I tried to get 3000 cals a day and mostly did during my first year post Tx and I didn't gain a pound so to me that tells me that my body must have needed all those cals.
Loosing weight simply said is due to the body consuming more cals than it gets. It takes a loss of some 3500 cals each week or an average of 500 cals each and every day to loose just one pound (the reverse is true for gaining a pound). So if he thinks that putting additional stress on his body during this Tx is not bad then no one can help him.
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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