Its been three months since we started working with a cancer nutritionist (all telemedicine visits). She listens well and has been able to provide some needed emotional support as well as suggestions for how to add calories, protein and some variety to my wife's diet. We still get the occasional encouragement to add commercial supplements. My wife is very hesitant because most of them are heavy on chemical ingredients that she wouldn't have eaten even when she was healthy. Just this week we added homemade smoothies with organic vegan protein, fruit, milk and peanut butter. Taking it slow before trying to also add organic whey protein. She's very discouraged because the chronic diarrhea has kept her from gaining weight. The immodium has seemed to lose effectiveness and she was prescribed cholestyramine last month to help the diarrhea. It settles her stomach a bit but hasn't stopped the diarrhea.

Starting to think that her surgery was too drastic and this is her permanent situation. Has anyone ever gotten past the chronic diarrhea stage?