 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Tell David he needs to snap out of it and pour down the water and calories. Tell him to forget what things taste like, that HIS JOB AND RESPONSIBILITY to himself and you is feed his recovery and it takes a ton of calories to do that. I would shoot for 3000 a day. Tell him that if he would drink 5 VHC's instead of the same amount of Boost he's almost there at 2800 calories. Same effort, more recovery fuel, no brainer. Once his body gets back in control he will start to feel better. That's what I mean by snap out of it.
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.
| 
