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Caregiver Tip Carnivore as a Nutritional Supplement for Chemo Patients

Texts between me and Arpie (Mathew’s Dad)

Tumor has gone from 14.8 cm x 13.3 cm to 9.6 x 9.2 cm!!!  ******
Sent April 1

Thanks, and thank you for being there,
you’re being able to be there is a comfort, a
  blessing to me and I know it means a lot to Mat.
Rec’d April 1

Thanks Arpie
Sent April 1


******The conversion from centimeters to inches for the previous size to the new size of the tumor is:
         from 5.8 x 5.2 inches  to 3.7 x 3.6 inches


CAREGIVER TIP

Mathew was allergic to dairy, so finding supplements for him to drink was a task. Ensure and the such all had dairy or tasted awful. Mathew’s Dad found the perfect solution.

From Arpie
It is called Carnivore, 23 g protein serving, 
made from hydrolyzed beef concentrate,
has creatine and bcaa amino acids. Tastes very good.
Rec’d April 2




Arpie purchased a large container for Mathew. Mathew took it every day. It lasted the entire 11 months with some left over. I feel it made all the difference. Months later, even when the tumor stopped responding to chemo and Mathew’s counts refused to come back up, one of the doctors commented on how good his albumin level was. Remember I mentioned back when Mathew was first getting chemo and didn’t want to eat, how I recalled seeing cancer patients with swollen ankles and recalled learning in High School biology, that swollen ankles are a sign of lack of protein.

“Albumin is a protein made by the liver. It makes up about 60% of the total protein in the blood and plays many roles. This test measures the level of albumin in the blood.”
It keeps fluid from leaking out of blood vessels, nourishes tissues, and transports hormones, vitamins, drugs, and substances like calcium throughout the body.


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