Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 109 | 3000 cals would put me into hybernation. My nutritionist said I needed about 1700-1800 to sustain myself. I think I'm hovering a little lower than that, but I've been trying to drink a can of whatever with every meal, so at least I'm supplementing. But yes, you're right. I need to eat more.
38 yo@dx, female, non-smoker, non-drinker, SCC right lateral tongue. T2N2aMx stage IVa; 1/20/09 bilateral neck dissection, hemiglossectomy, micromets in 2 right nodes, left all clear. 33xIMRT + 3 cisplatins. Tx completed 5/08/09. PET scan 7/29/09 clear, 5/26/10 clear, chest x-ray 5/23/11 clear
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