If you guys do come up with any ideas on the weight gain thing please let me know! I just got some new pictures of Rod...pretty thin. He does do interior trim work and in Florida it is pretty hot. I think he is working & sweating off any calories he takes in. I am trying to convince him that eating the way he did before he got sick isn't working. One pharmicist told me, you need 3000 extra calories a day to gain a pound! He doesn't like the smell of boost, it reminds him of having the feeding tube so he is trying the weight gainer also mentioned on this thread. His metabolism is very high so that doesn't help. Since he has dry mouth, I wonder if mixing some juice with his water would be some help instead of no calories at all??? Anyway if anyone has any good ideas, let me know!