This is my first time posting, I have sat back and read alot of information on here and followed a lot of advice that has helped tremendously with my boyfriend. he was diagnosed stage 4m base of tongue & nodes. His treatment protocol started with the induction chemo (taxotere, cisplatin & 5FU) he got thru that & now is on chemo/rad. Chemo 1x a week (carboplatin) and 33 rad. He has had 20 treatments so far and has been living on the VHC carnations & boosts with protein powder or weight gainer. Those have gotten pretty horrible lately and we are looking for other possibilities. His naseua has also stepped up the last few days. Things tend to come back up. He is on zofran as a preventative and for " break thru" compazine. But the thickness/texture of the shake, even water.d down is becoming hard, not so much from the pain, no narcotics yet, but the naseau. Thank you very much for any ideas. Merry Christmas!