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How to help a cancer patient undergoing treatment with nutrition?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Jan 9 9:52am | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
As for me, I was assigned to a nutritionist and she rode my butt daily to ensure I was consuming the proper amount of nutrition through my feeding tube.
Milkshakes are not the answer for nutrition! Milkshakes would have way too much sugar and cancer loves sugar!!!
Nutrition is available in liquid form which is fed SLOWLY through the peg.
If not dripped slowly I would vomit the entire meal!
Sometimes it took a couple hours to complete.
I was also taking anti nausea meds which included Ondansatron.
Unfortunately the nutrition is expensive and not covered by insurance but some cancer centers have financial donors and like me, my out of pocket was very low!
Hope this helps
MOJO
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How do you get pills down if throat and mouth is sore, asking a head of time for husband.
I had the sugar conversation with the nutritionist but still needed to take the high caloric shakes to get the weight stabilized. It's a decision that's not easy to make. My weight is coming back slowly so I am cutting down now on the high sugar food. But the point is well taken. I had the same questions.
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My nutritionist and oncologist said eat what you can during treatment. Sugar feeding cancer is not universally accepted, but let’s not get into that. During treatment get whatever calories down that you can. The nutritionist was very helpful in finding foods that were caloric and easier to consume.