Hello, Floyd: - - -Caught your post regarding the weight loss issue. You need to keep on as much weight as you can. Are you streightened away with the VA by now? I read some place that VA would provide food supplements such as Ensure. I was instructed to gain weight rather than lose it and I have done just that. Re VA. It takes me about four weeks to get into the VA Clinic once I call for an appointment. However, once I see the Clinic people, they promptly contact the VA Medical Center for any "specialty" work. (It takes another month or so to get scheduled into see the Medical Center Doctors.) The Clinic also are very helpful in forward perscriptions to the VA Medical Center where they "fill by mail." - -I have not taken Ensure since my original purchase (didn't know about the VA deal at the time) since I was gaining weight whithout additional help. Send me a PM if you have VA questions. I have learned a few meager things about the system. Good luck ! !/Frank