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!




Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan