Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF! Sorry you have had to find this site but stick with us and we will help you get thru this. Right now try to focus on nutrition and having your husband eat everything he can. Ignore the calories and push him to eat. Eating will become difficult and things wont taste right for a while so he should enjoy his favorites now. During treatments he will need 2500-3000 calories every single day and 48 oz of water. This can be tricky to do but its necessary so he will have an easier time of it. Best wishes with everything! ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive |