 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Lori Anne,
You don't get a choice as to only eating/drinking things that taste good. You need to get the calories and nutrition one way or another. Think of it as medicine. Ensure Plus at 350 calories tastes a lot better than regular Ensure. Vanilla, Coffee and Butter Pecan were good/tolerable; chocolate and strawberry awful. Boost makes a plus version although I have never had it. After the first week or so of radiation everything tastes awful anyway so he can't say I won't eat this because I don't like it. If that is his attitude, he might as well get the PEG from the start which many do. Up to him and his radiologist. This is a rough road but doable.
Take care,
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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