Hey Danielle,
My hubby was not able to take in half the BoostPlus they put him on, so we talked to the Nutritionist and found out there are many different kinds of nutrients to use that have many more calories a can...Dan is on Nutren 2.0 which has 500 calories a can...check and see if there is a change she could make there to take in less liquid but also take in more calories at the same time. It has helped Dan alot. He received two extra weeks of radiation which that alone almost killed him. He had his last rad on Monday and has had a very hard week. We were told he might feel a little worse before starting to feel any better, and that is exactly how it has been this week. Looking forward to also feeling better soon in the future. Dan hasn't been able to talk for a month now so it gets pretty lonely!!

Hang in there...make sure you have a great support system and your mom also. God gives me strength just about the time I think I cannot bear to see my husband suffer anymore.

Take care,
Debbie


Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.