After my surgery I had a very hard time being on a liquid diet and lost a lot of weight. I tried them all, boost, ensure, carnation...ect...ect...What helped me was I started mixing them with vitamin D milk...they went down and tasted better. I was able to consume more and in return I started to feel better. Shortly after, I started to crave soup...I was only able to eat broth...then I slowly added diced tofu. Since then I'm back on solids gained my weight back and I'm ready for the radiation part.
But, I did not start to feel better until I was hitting the 2000 to 3000 calories a day...it was hard... and carnation made it easier to hit that mark...after that...I felt like I started to heal a lot faster...In fact, my girlfriend had to tell me to stop the carnation..that I was getting a little chunky...Hopefully, this will help a little...Tell your husband a lot of people are thinking of him and wishing him well...