 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Ari, Get Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC. It has a whopping 560 cals in the same size can so you get much more bang for your swallowing buck and right now you need tons of calories to help your body recover. I consumed over 3000 cals a day for well over a year post Tx and didn't gain a pound so that told me I needed all of it just to keep up with my bodies' healing activity. Most of us had our roughest time the few weeks post Tx so unfortunately that's normal but soon you will begin the long recovery period but that is a good thing. Yes the thick saliva will yield to the dry mouth stage but slowly your saliva and taste should start to repair itself depending upon how much damage was done by your radiation. This process can take all of 2 years so don't get discouraged. Were you tested for HPV?
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.
| 
