Apparently, in Washington, places like assisted living, etc., are not allowed to accept medical supplies and stuf like this by donation, just private parties. However, one of the nurses where I had my nuking done has a number of folks who can use them, so I give stuf to her. It's expensive to ship the stuf because it's so heavy.

BTW, following my previous free flap and on oral feeding, I found I didn't like the taste of my Nutren 2.0, even 'tho it's supposed to be drinkable -- I tried some Hershey chocolate and strawberry syrups but that didn't help much.

Then I tried Nestle's NesQuick powder -- Two tablespoons in a glass with an 8 oz can of the Nutren (Nestle makes both of them) makes it drinkable to me and adds 60 cal to bring it up to 560, same as Carnation VHC (Also made by Nestle!) but doesn't taste the same. Handy when I needed a quick meal!


Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.