Amen davidcpa! My dinner of choice was 3 cans of Carnation VHC with a Benecalorie chaser. I got behind the 8-ball early by not getting enough caloric content and that momentum was hard to stop and reverse. I did well in treatment but could have done much better had I been smart about calories from day 1.


Dx March 2011 via FNA (49 yrs old)
SCC BoT
HPV+ exact strain unknown
Stage IVa T3N2cM0
Cisplatin x 3, IMRT x 40 (7267 cGy)
One node removed post-treatment (rad dmg)
Clean PET 10/28/11
Swallow therapy