my name is Bill. after my stroke I couldnt pass the swallow test for 3 weeks and was down in weight from pre stoke of 195 lbs and when I finally pas ed the test and g ot on thicken l iquid then pureee food and finally solid food I was down to 172 lbs I was g iven so much food and was told to eat all of it I tried my best but my stomach had s hunk so much i would eat until i thought I would explode my wife was concerned because my face was gaunt and I had lost muscle mass she requested that i would be given protein powder at every mea l it was mixed in with hot cereal at breakfast and pudding milk or basically whatever they could mix it into. I complied and would eat whatever it was mixed in it didnt take long before I started to gain weight and regain muscle mass in my upper body and eventually I was able to eat more portions of food but stayed on the protein powder for a while to make sure my weight was ok and now 1 yr post stroke I weigh 190lbs i am pretty active an d sometimes to my wifes chagrin i skip lunch my wife said she is going to put me back on protein powder I guess I better behave
