Eileen - the dietician didn't give me a number for protein - she has just said high-protein and high-calorie diet. I just went back and calculated an average day of food intake for Dan and I came up with that number - not that I think he would have to "hit" that number during this cancer "saga". Dan is very active in his daily life with work and hobbies and he loves to eat and loves meat - hence the high protein. We are supposed to meet the dietician again Friday and I hope to find out more specific numbers at that time.

David the only reason I haven't ordered the Carnation VHC yet is because I have to buy a whole case and today after MUCH arm twisting I finally got Dan to even try his first supplement drink - a Boost Plus. So I hate to order them and he not like them... Kind of a Catch 22 over here. I don't know why I stall though - in the scheme of things I'm probably better off to have them.