Hi. The VHC just takes a bit longer because it is so thick. We use a syringe to get the food into the PEG and the thickness of it makes it a bit harder to push through, but it works. The VHC has been a godsend because my mom was having a hard time tolerating 8 cans of Jevity plus liquids each day.

Caretaker to my best friend, my mom. Age 60 - never smoked or drank. St IVA oropharynx. 37 radiation tx, 8 carboplatin tx. Diag 5/31/07-TX completed 8/16/07-good PET 10/10/07. Passed away 3/28/08 due to weakened blood vessels from tx. Now watching over her triplet grandsons born on 5/19/08.