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Pain, fatigue and no appetite: How can I help my father-in-law?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Sep 3, 2022 | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
My husband is doing gemcitibine/ abraxane and he has no appetite at all. I try to get 1 custom protein shake down him daily. It has about 30 grams of protein. He won’t drink any of the ready made protein shakes. He did drink some chicken broth one day. Doesn’t even eat saltines any more. Occasionally, I can get him to eat a yogurt or some “protein “ pudding. Otherwise he won’t eat any meat, no eggs, no cheese, no vegetables. He will drink a couple of glasses of milk daily and water. It’s very frustrating. Luckily, he was overweight to start with so he has some cushion. If anyone has some ideas , I would love to hear them.
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Replace regular milk with Fairlife super-filtered milk (or other similar milks) which has 2x the protein per serving as regular milk. At least he'll get more protein that way. Does he like bacon or sausages? My wife wouldn't touch those fatty breakfast meats but in order to get more protein into her breakfast she'd get a piece of turkey bacon or chicken sausage. That's 7 more gms of protein without eating a huge volume of food. Vegetarians supplement protein in various ways, one of them is Bragg's Nutritional yeast. It's 5gms protein per tablespoon. I hide a tablespoon or two in my wife's mashed potatoes or cereal, food that normally don't offer much protein. Your oncologist should be able to refer you to an Oncology dietician or nutritionist. Don't delay. Excess weight can disappear fast when you're battling pancan.
Good luck.