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