Hey there I'm a veg head too - agree with Margaret - almond milk is great silk has a new one called true almond - awesome. That said chocolate stings at this point sooo - two weeks post radiation and I'm managing 12-1400 calories a day without my peg - that's coming out tomorrow - I've only lost 12 lbs - and did most of my food by mouth - though it was liquid form - up until two weeks ago - when the chocolate really started to bother me - would make a killer protein smoothy for breakfast - if you're near a costco they have a protein shake that has 30 grams of protein in it (they sell it by the case) - I would throw in a bunch of frozen fruit and another scoop of protein powder and that gave me 55 gms of protein and 400 calories then I would round out the rest of my calories with boost or ensure for the rest of the day.- in the interim eat as much as you can - the chemo is not the worst part - that's pretty manageable - it's the radiation. I was eating most solids by week 4 after surgery - just small bites with lots of fluid!

Good luck with this - bulk up before rads you should be okay the first few weeks just the last few are hard!!! Chemo isn't that bad! If the offer it take it!! Good luck!