 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Each of us can tolerate different things with the same Tx so it's best just to try some different things and see what works and remember even if the patient tolerates something one day, they may hate it the next so don't go out and spend a lot of time or money on something you think works today.
The overriding goal is to get calories into their body each and every day in the smallest amount of time. Forget taste, forget organic, forget vegetarian, forget everything except survival. That's why many of us resort to Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC which has 560 calories in a small 8 oz can.
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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