 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 68 | There are several people who have posted here that were on lifetime PEG feeding. In conversations with them, I learned that they were each taking 9-10 cans of food a day ( I lived on 8 a day for almost a year with supplimentation of smoothies.) Remember that he needs to take in over 2000 calories a day. Read the labels to do the calculation, and don't forget to add water for hydration if he isn't take large amounts by mouth.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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