 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Did the dietician tell you 150 gm of protein a day? That sounds like an awful lot. Assuming he were on an ENSURE PLUS only diet, that would be 11.5 cans and 4140 calories. The most I ever heard anyone taking is 6 or 7 cans which is about 91 gm of protein. I don't know the numbers for Carnation VHC. Your calorie count sounds good, but the protein seems way to high.
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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