You are right David....48 oz is the magic number and I forgot you were figuring only 4 cans a day...we had to do six. I always snuck in more water during the PEG flush before and after so always exceeded the required amount.

Bottom line is to document what you eat and drink because those dark days just run into one another and you can't make up the missed calories and fluids. You need to see that at 12 noon, you have reached at least 1/3 of your requirements cause the day will fly and you are behind. It was so hard to get Bill's feedings done in between two rad treatments a day especially when the first can in the morning made him weak, faint, and sweaty, making the drive miserable. He toughed thru it though and on chemo days, I would come and go with those cans and chicken soup. It ain't easy, even with a caregiver!

So, Jim, get out your pen and paper and track those calories and ounces!

Deb



Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!

Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill