 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Max,
Try the Ensure Plus. It's 350 calories. The more calories per swallow the better. I'm another of those pegless wonders who only lost 4 lbs and lived on Ensure Plus for several weeks. Coffee and butternut were my favorite flavors, ice cold. I now like vanilla which I don't think I even tried back then. Danny has a great recipe for a 1300 calorie shake which a search of this site should find it. If push comes to shove, there is always the nasal feeding tube if you only need it for a few weeks and still against the peg. It ain't pretty, but it works. I had one after larynx surgery for about 8 days. For that you don't want it ice cold.
Hang in there,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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