My neighbor the ex-Greyhound driver just stopped in with a case of Ensure, which I have never had. He got it when he was so sick and his diet so restricted.
He looks good and said that since he has been on dialysis, his kidney output is much better, so that’s good news, but he probably won’t be back here in his apartment until September, as he has to have the port taken out of his chest. He needs someone to help him bathe so he doesn’t get the wound wet.
It was good to see him again.
Glad you had a visitor! My father used Ensure for several years. Sometimes Mom would make it into milkshakes with ice cream. He was always very fond of ice cream.
It’s sort of like an Instant Breakfast - extra nutrients in an easy-to-take form.
If you can’t tolerate Ensure, you might want to try Bolthouse Farms Chocolate Protein Plus.
A few years ago my wife had a major operation to stop severe acid reflux. She ended up with a stomach several times smaller, and she couldn’t gain weight nor maintain weight.
She tried Ensure and other protein plus drinks and couldn’t tolerate the bad taste.
Our pharmacist, friend for decades, said all of those products taste terrible, and he recommended the Bolthouse Chocolate Protein Plus.
She loved it and drank about a quart a day at first to regain weight and muscle.
After a couple of months she drinks two 8 ounce servings a day. She has maintained her weight and is strong as before the serious reflux and operation. She mixes it with her morning coffee. Half coffee and half/ 4 ounces of the Bolthouse. She drinks the second 8 ounces in the evening before or after dinner.
This protein drink can be bought at Walmart in their refrigerator cold drink section and at Target and Safeway.
Walmart’s price is at least 1/3 less than other places.