 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Michelle,
I'm kinda known around here as Mr VHC so sooner or later you were going to here my spiel about it and since you mentioned how were you going to keep up the calories I might as well get this over with. LOL When Dan gets in the serious part of his battle his mouth will really be to sore to swallow much so finding a product that can get more calories into his body with less effort is paramount. Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC which must be purchased from your pharmacy dept (no prescription needed) has a whopping 560 cals in a small 8 oz can so he will only need to swallow 4 of those a day as compared to 6 of the other popular canned nutrition drinks and that will make a big difference to him.
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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