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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Not much, if anything, will appeal to him for weeks ahead so he needs to get use to swallowing for need. He needs appx 2500-3000 calories and 48 oz of water EACH and EVERY DAY from here until at least a couple of months POST Tx. With swallowing difficult now and only to probably get worse and the constant threat of nausea he needs to spend the least amount of time doing that as possible and the VHC is the easiest way to accomplish that as he would only need to swallow 5 to 6 cans a day plus 8 of those cans of water. I would stand over my bathroom sink, cut the lights off, close my eyes, swallow the room temp can as fast as I could and then pray it stayed down which it did more often than not.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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