Carol, very sorry to hear of your news. I just wanted to add on to what Christine said about bulking up. I lost way too much weight during treatmnet. The docs were concerned and had me pour more food down the ped theg start eating when I could. Nithing seemed to work. I went to a muscle mag and and ordered some of the weight gain protine powder that these bulky guys use. I did get some stuff called "Russian Bear 5000" It has a whopping 5000 cal in a days serving, I also got and still use something called MeTrx. It is a powder you mix with milk and has about 550 cals per 16 oz. Well balance and maybe less costly than Ensure plus. I did start to gain weight almost imediatly Good luck on your new adventure, we are all pulling for you
Steve
70 male, athlete...again SSC of undetermined orgin , early july 09 40 tx radiation, 8 chemo cisplatin and ebuterx finished TX in mid Sept 09 Clear at the 6 year mark! Back to swimming, biking and running! just a tad slower never regained my weight, even when I eat lots and lots, just a skinny guy now
Just way glad to be seeing the green side up!
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