Oh shoot, I forgot to address the calorie intake matter. Listen to ChristineB, she is one of the most knowledgable people on this board and no one is more caring!

Especially heed her words about keeping the caloric intake high, you are engaged in a battle for your life and health, and fighting anything imposes huge demands upon your system for energy, the source of which is all those calories you are being told to consume.

Don't consume them, your body will cannibalize itself, because it must have those calories to survive!

Also, WATER. Water is the universal solvent. If you want to lose weight, you need to consume lots of water to remove the bio-byproducts of the weight loss.

If you are taking chemo, you want to consume lots of water for the same reason.

Ditto for radiation.

Even in normal, everyday life before cancer, there is practically no activity you can engage in that does not result in your body needing to excrete some byproducts, and water is the sole vehicle you have for carrying the poisons away.

DRINK AT LEAST 64 OZ DAILY!

That, actually, is the recommended daily amount for every adult on the planet, and I shouldn't have to draw any pictures about the addition of cancer to the need equation.

And yes, you are probably thinking that "that guy must get up to pee every hour or so at night." Bingo! In the greater scheme of things, that doe not even register on my "woe" meter.