Anita/Re: My Daughter's Upper Jaw surgery, advice needed

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One small pitch, ... and all others,

If you wind up with extra Boost or Ensure that you don't need or

want: They will be welcome, in my experience, in either an area

oncology (cancer) care center, or in a place that serves AIDS

patients, the latter generally being the more needy of the two. (The

docs usually get free samples or coupons; the AIDS folks often

don't.)

Maybe there are others, as well, or maybe your surgeon would

welcome them to give to other patients.

They are good nutrition for folks who are in miseries with inability

to chew and swallow stiffer stuff, and it would be a sin and a shame

to let them go to waste. Some folks who need them cannot afford to

buy them.

And I definitely agree -- try 'em out before you invest. Your tastes

may also be altered by surgery, so go slow, rather than stocking up,

at least if you have family and friends who can help with errands,

post-op. You also may find that you have fewer restrictions than you

expect, or that yogurt and milkshakes, perhaps augmented with

protein powder, serve you better.

Best, Cammie