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5. Hmmm
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 12:45 PM
Jan 2016

Last edited Tue Feb 2, 2016, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

I also have GIRD, and T2 diabetes, and stage four cancer, and a colostomy which plays into it.

Unlike you, and/or whatever other poster you were referring to, I absolutely love cooking and look forward to it. However, I've found with a loss of appetite (probably a bad interaction between the GIRD, the T2, the cancer, and the colostomy) I don't want to cook at all.

On the few times I feel better on all fronts I'm happy to cook the hell out of my day, but those times are now fewer and far between. Lack of wanting to cook - even for myself, if not others - is severely limiting my food and probably creating all sorts of issues for me healthwise.

I liked Ensure Clear (not the shakes, but the cleary fruity ones they had) but they seem to have disappeared off my store's shelves. Not cheap, but I did feel they werer helping.

On edit: Nothing against Ensure shakes, but I'm lactose intolerant and shakes can be too sugary or heavy for me anyway. Not to imply there's anything wrong with the shakes, just that I can't personally tolerate them - only the "clears". So, uh, don't sue me Ensure company.

p.s.: I wouldn't say no to a free case of clear by Ensure if the company wanted to butter me up. But this post is honest

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