Thank you. I will do that 

Totally understand what you're saying and I understand nutrition and the need for the high calories, but these are 30% sugar which has no nutritional value whatsoever. It isn't cholesterol that I'm concerned about, it's diabetes, the doctor has already said the  treatment would likely raise glucose levels, so why on earth are they then giving food supplements to patients adding to that risk.

I'm currently doing my own research, and I'll speak to the dietician next week about it, there will be alternatives to get these high calorific and fortified supplements in to him to avoid weight loss, without feeding ultra processed highly sugared ones like this. My only concerns is how it can be done without risk a blockage in tube, but I'm certain there'll be away. I've already contacted some places that do much better options, I guess we'll just have to pay for them. 

I'll keep you posted. 

Would think smoothies go through the tube, Hazel? It sounds brutal - did you get BG tube fed at all? Hubby has his already in place now, ready for if he can't swallow later. 

Thank you, Hazel. Your advice has been invaluable. 

Hi no we are told under no circumstances to put our own feeds in via the tubes as the consistency can’t be guaranteed not to block. Inhad ng tube fitted end if week 3 and I removed it with nurses permission and if week 3 recovery. I continued to sip orally the ensure s until I could maintain calories orally a few weeks I was on 50/50 ensures. My feeding tube I had a rucksack which a pump was fitted in ti and my bags of feed were provided by Fresnius and ti be hinest the weee well balanced and gave me suffice t nutrients ti make an uneventful recover y. My blog might help you see my progression;  I flew to Spain week 8 for 3 weeks. I’ve had no issues with blood sugars or Cholesterol  which is 2.8 The feeding tube as my lifesaver treatments brutal enough without trying to eat as well. Honestly I thought I could eat through treatment as my oncologist did but I woke one morn8ng and couldn’t even eat a poached egg. 
then I knew it was time for the tube to be fitted my trust doesn’t routinely fit the tummy peg 

hioe this helps. 
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Hi the times are you’re  looking at is t forever. Although I do know 3 people with laryngeal cancer who are permanently fed via tubes and one lady who is she bought a vitamin machine but sometime has issues. I coukd eat more or less normall6 out end of week 3 as I say I then started to eat week 3 of recovery admittingly not healthy eating urban calories by any means to maintain weight.  Really it hard to describe the act if being unable to swallow alongside the treatment daily for 7 weeks with chemo thrown in. By the end of treatment I slept for almost 2 weeks with hubby changing my feeding bags and doing the require ph tests and stringing water in between feeds. 
some people manage to eat but loose a lot of weight which then affects recovery it’s a balance. 

Hazel 

Thanks again, Hazel. I understand what you're saying and as I said that is the main concern, however, the dietician said it is possible to put other supplements down the tube as long as it's been passed by them.

So what I'm meaning is these particular supplements that have been sent to my hubby are 30% sugar and that is not well balanced whatever way you look at it - of course, they're meant to be calorific as to help keep weight on, but these calories should come from protein and good fats, etc. not 30% from pure sugar. Do you see what I'm saying. I'll take a look at the Ensure ones you took, it's quite possible your ones were well balanced to do the job, but these particular ones are not.

It's great to hear how well you're doing and living a good life, it gives much hope that life will be normal again. It does sound brutal along the way though.

Just to clarify, are you saying you got tube fitted Week 3 of treatment - but 3 weeks after end of treatment you were able to eat/swallow some food by mouth? That's great to hear.

Awww thank you, Hazel, big hugs back - it's amazing your still here supporting us all after all this time.

Great to hear that the tube can, and does, come out - I think it's one of the things he's disliked the most - but as with all these things it'll be 'take your pick' lol