What a frustration, starving but too nauseous from chemo and morphine to keep anything down, mouth too painful from surgery and radiation to actually eat.
The liquid supplements not being complete sources of nutrition. Finally the time needed to actually eat a meal becomes a problem; just try to get your co-workers, friends or family to spend an hour or 2 waiting for you to eat.
As I chose not to have a PEG, I had a very hard time keeping the pounds on, that may have been a poor choice to make.
One thing I did notice was that even as I put in LOTS of volume and I did keep it down, I was still craving odd things. As a result I did a detailed nutritional study and discovered some problems. The blender and bottles of baby food helped fill in the gap in the nutrients.
I wonder if properly blendered and watered down real foods, targeted at the nutrients missed by the liquid supplements could be put through a PEG??
Luckier than some here, I can fight and maintain 180 pounds, some 30 pounds less than before, fed by mouth, however I never keep up on work days.

Keep up the good work!

UncleVern