Try Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC. It has 560 nutritional balanced calories in a 8 oz can and will cut the misery and the time in feedings. You can order it thru your pharmacy dept but you don't need a prescrip for it but some have suggested that if you get a prescription for it, your insurance company will pick up the tab. I only paid about $32.00 per 24 can case at Walgreens. That's only $8.00 a day for 3360 calories. You can also order it online from Amazon and if you go thru Oral Cancer Foundation we get a kickback.

I lived on that stuff well into my 2nd year of recovery. During Tx that's all I drank, other than water and post Tx I drank a can mixed half and half with whole milk with each meal to make sure I was getting all the calories and nutrition I needed since eating was soooo boring.

Susan, mix the carnation vhc with a can of water. I use mine with a can of carnation, a can of the prescrition kind and 2 cans of water. Raise the head of your sisters bed up and have her sleep propped on 3 pillows. Set the pump for 40 ml per hour, which will take forever to run. After a few days if she is feeling ok with the 40 rate, move it up to 60, then 80 etc til you hit about 160. If she gets ill, back it down and gradually build it back up. It takes alot of playing around with it before you will get the hang of what works. The syringe and graviy methods are too much for me to tolerate, Ive never been able to use those. Glad to hear I was able to help you with peg info.

Thanks so much for your help! I don't know where I would be without you guys.

I didn't have a PEG put in. I drank Carnation Instant Breakfast (just the regular powder packets), Ensure, Boost, Special K Protein and was able to eat and taste (somewhat) oatmeal, scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes, vegetables and of course milk shakes. The only meat that still had taste for me was liver - I liked liver before diagnosis so I ate it once in awhile. I still drink Carnation Instant Breakfast every morning. The most weight I lost was 9 pounds.