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

[Guest guest]

Great idea Cammie!

That strawberry Ensure has been sitting in the cabinets for the past

month along with different flavors of Boost!

I will try to find a new home for them tomorrow!

Thanks,

--Caboose

> 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