Colorectal cancer stage 4: How can I reduce nausea and eat well?

This must be challenging, I’m sorry your father is going through this. I’m on my second round of chemo for stage 3 rectal cancer. The doctors have a lot of anti-nausea meds they can provide. Each chemo regime provides different side effects and severity of the side effects. For me, I try to keep food in my belly which has seemed to reduce the nausea. Bread/carbs have been the easiest to keep down. I don’t like taking the nausea meds (I have 3 types) and I haven’t used one of them but they can help.

Managing chemo side effects is a constant battle and the exhaustion is awful. I wish you and your father all the strength, love, and support you’ll need to get through this battle.

Sorry to hear! I had the same with colon cancer! Radiation didn’t help but evidently chemo did! I believe in supplements and eating the correct things! Probiotics, d3 etc

He starts eating food special for this type of cancer cuz i think it will help a lot and what about supplements his doctor didn't tell him about it could you tell me plz which one work for you thank you

The nausea meds didn't help maybe your right bread and carbs will help more and there is some food after chemo his doctor prescribed to him might reduce the side effect . Thank you very much hope the treatment will work well and all what we are going through this battle will end and i wish you full recovery

Most doctors don’t believe in supplements! I took magnesium, fish oil, olive oil, co q10, d3, probiotics, and ate no sugar as it feeds cancer! Perhaps my main supplement was sir Jonathan winters tea! I had months of radiation and chemo! I never got nauseous or lost my hair! This was 8 years ago! Stage 3b colon! Please research the tea!

Thank you so much for your tips and i am so amazed by sir jason winters tea they said it's a miracle tea to treat cancer disease. I really hope it will work to my father

I believe it saved me

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It is always advisable to let your cancer care team know about any supplements, teas or foods that you are taking to ensure that they are compatible with treatments.

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My father is 71 years old have colon cancer stage 4. He did till now 3 chemo sessions oxaliplatin but the side effects are horrible loss of appetite he has no taste for food and not feel hungry at all is it normal for chemo patients? He's suffering from nausea, diarrhea, fatigue, insomnia sleeping problems, and laying in bed all day makes him more tired. The doctors said that the treatment is working well he still have another 3 chemo and then after the surgery. But we are afraid that these side effects may lead to serious complications

I am a survivor of stage four colon cancer. The symptoms you describe sound very similar to those I experienced. The only thing I can offer is that eating some olives just around meal time helped to stimulate my appetite. My favorite was the bright green ones, castle vetrano, I think. Walking after the chemo treatment also helped.
I was first diagnosed in 1998 and again in 2000 when they found it in my liver. There is light at the end of the tunnel. I wish your dad well. Tell him to hang in there and be as active as he can.