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‘Big Guns’ - Triple Therapy with Double Chemo - How to prepare?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 16 11:29am | Replies (13)
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@stevecando54

I started with firmagon, chemo and prednisone, when I was getting chemo, nothing tastes good. Even water tastes bad. I used protein shakes. The longer I chewed food, the worse it tasted. My wife made my food "mushy". Anything that didn't take much chewing that you could just swallow fast. And of course people will say just eat it, well, not so easy. The shakes were a big help. Best to all.

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | Apr 16 7:50am

Great advice from the trenches, Steve. Just to add, I recently shopped for protein shakes for a friend who had a stroke.
Most of these are LOADED with sugar - like 30 grams/serving. Look for Ensure with no sugar.
It’s very high in protein but check with your RO if the sugar substitutes - usually mannitol or sucralose - will be problematic since they do cause gas in most people.
It seems that his radiation will be above the diaphragm so it should not pose a problem, but please check beforehand. Best,
Phil

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