Frances,

Heather's candida seems to be cleared up. She took Diflucan for 2 weeks. Besides tablets, it is also available in liquid form.
We are taking your suggestion about turning the tube upwards, because she still has occasional nausea. She switched from Ensure to Nutren and was up to 4 cans a day when our whole family was hit with a stomach virus plus Heather caught a cold. With her stomach upset, she cut back her amount of Nutren, but we are working on building it back up again.
It's really hard to keep her secluded from illness because she has a 6 year old daughter. Between kindergarten and the sitter's, she brings a lot of germs home and there is no way we can keep them totally apart. It's hard enough on Cati that her mom is sick, but it would be worse if she couldn't see her for days at a time.
Things are getting better, but we are still waiting for that rainbow!
Hope you continue to progress and good luck with your next round of chemo.

Rosie

Was primary caregiver to my daughter Heather who had stage IV base of tongue SCC w/ primary recurrence. Original diagnosis August 21st, 2002. Primary recurrence March 18th, 2003. Died October 6th, 2003.