Hi
I start my RT on Monday .In the meantime i have tried ensure milkshake drink 3 times 1 every other day.

Each time it as resulted in stomach cramps followed by diorea?/

Any one else expierenced this

Regards Dave and Sue

Hi Dave!
This can be a common trend with Ensure.
You could ask your Dr to prescribe Scandishakes indstead. You mix these up with milk and taste quite nice. Or you could ask for Fortisip. These are pre made. I had no problems with these.
Hope it helps,
Michelle.

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Scandishakes

Sorry can’t comment on other two but my dietician put me on Scandishakes 3 time a day still on them I’ve had no problem and there are lot’s flavours to suit all.

Rolf

Thanks Chelle and Rolf
Will ask on Tuesday when i see the dietician

Many Thanks
Dave and Sue

I found fortysips to my preference.Nice when tepid .I also had them on holiday recently in St Kitts from the fridge which was really nice

I had no problem with Ensure, or the fibre enriched version Enrich. Having said that the flavours weren't great, but I had a PEG fitted so took most of them that way. Got up to 6 a day for a while!

Ensure gave me violent pains in stomach and heart burn, which I have never had in my life.
Big Bear Healing Hugs

Hi everyone
Thanks for all the advice
Dave and Sue

When my dad was alive he was using Benecalories they were little cups that he could add to his soup. Each packet contained 300 calories per serving it helped him keep the weight on

could you please tell where i can get hold of benecalories, are they prescribed by the doctors or are they available over teh counter?

many thanks

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Originally posted by eyecandy007:
When my dad was alive he was using Benecalories they were little cups that he could add to his soup. Each packet contained 300 calories per serving it helped him keep the weight on

Hi, I use Pro cal which is the same- you add the powder to hot liquid- soup porridge hot chocolate, anything really. It givesw about 300 cals a shot and extra protein. Available on prescription.
Anne

Thansk for that Anne i shall talk discuss Pro call with my doctor and take it from there.

Thanks Again

I took Ensure off and on before and in the early phases of treatment. Then on the peg it was Ultracal every day for every meal and I got a whole range of nasty side-effects. Switching to Ensure made no difference. Only recovering and being able to swallow liquids and some types of foods relieved the symptoms (constipation, nausea, confusion, light-headedness, frequent urination).

Looking back I sort of wish I'd mixed in thin milkshakes, or plain milk, but I was always afraid it would clog the tube and I'd die of thirst. Not clear thinking.

Three plus years later I mostly eat overcooked pasta and milkshakes, with vitamin pills, and sometimes eggs or spam or processed meat or blueberries, crackers soaked in chicken broth, etc. I wouldn't feed Ensure to my dogs, but that doesn't mean I'm right.

Hello Ron. How are you. I have to agree with you there. Its been a few years since I digested my last ensure. It didn't matter what flavour they were, it couldn't disguise that horrible nauseating smell and aftertaste. How I got through so many of the damn things beats me. Guess I should have been a little more adventurous at the time but they were ready and prepared. The remainder of my last case of ensure went to Tiggywinkles wildlife sanctuary for sick animals. Wonder what they thought of the stuff.

Boy oh Boy - why must I always be odd one out. The docs recomended Ensure but the thing left just an awful taste ( in my case). So I was on banana, guava,strawberry and other fruit milkshakes.
They were a dream and hats off to my dear wife and mum.
Ananth