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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Richmond girl,
I drank a ton of Carnation VHC. I tried to get about 3000 cals a day initially. Try fruit cocktail, blended beef stew, blended bananas with milk and choc syrup, blended anything, pancakes and sunnysideup eggs with plenty of syrup, mashed potatoes w/ gravey, rice and black bean soup. That was early on....
Now 16 months post Tx and I eat ANYTHING I want and lately I don't need to be attached to a liquid source. For instance, I remember putting a deshelled peanut in my mouth 4 months post Tx and I thought I was going to expire before I could walk around the front of my house to get to my water bottle. Now I eat peanuts and cookies without liquids. I even ate a slice of pizza the other day in my car without any liquid and actually thought it tasted better without constantly having to wash the bites down.
My point....as you say be patient....things will slowly improve and you will be posting your success stories to newbies in no time.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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