 Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 97 | skp07-
One more thing, if he's drinking a lot of ensure, it will make him constipated because there's no fiber in it. You can buy "Benefiber" at the grocery store and mix it in with the ensure, it's tasteless and has no texture. It's 1000X better than metemucil and others.
If he gets on pain meds or goes to the PEG tube he will definitly need to manage the constipation and the nurses can tell you all
about what to do.
Jeff, when I here about you folks who worked I gotta salute you!! I was an admin though so looking and sounding nice was part of my job and that went out the window!
Mel
Age 36. Four years of fighting Stage 4 Skull Base Cancer
Can't even fit it in the signature line. I've tried it all! 5 surgeries, IMRT, cyberknife, cisplatin, erbitux, AIM, taxotere, carboplatin.
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