Taste Buds

A dietician can help. Mine told me to try eating something every couple hours, move your body in some way, emphasize protein. They also have a med to stimulate appetite, although it had a drowsy affect, and enzymes to help body absorb more nutrients. There's research on why cancer affects appetite, so I'm sure there's more help on the horizon. I hope this helps. 😊

My husband is also Stage 4 PC and his appetite had been bad but now he can at most eat a bite or two. I have tried cooking all of his favorite foods but nothing helps. He says he just can't get it down . Sometimes, he tells me it is stuck and then he ends up vomiting. The only thing I can get him to take is a milkshake . I tried the other day to use half protein shake and half milk but he told me his stomach hurt really bad afterwards so he made me promise not to do that. I have also added a raw egg just to get some protein in him. He is losing weight so rapidly that I don't know what to do.
He has metastasis to the lungs and spine and intra-abdominal as well as many enlarged lymph nodes. He had a distal pancreatectomy in July 2024 but it was already in 14 of the 20 Lymph Nodes that they removed and then they did a biopsy on some of the nodules in his lungs which confirmed metastasis there also so they put him on
Palliative Care. He has never had any Chemo or Radiation. He was doing fairly well and Oncologist said as long as it hasn't hit the Liver, he should be good.
I don't understand what has changed and what could be causing him not to be able to eat . This is so frustrating as well as heartbreaking.

@suelannon That's a horrible feeling for your husband and you. When were his last tests/scans?

My husband is also Stage 4 PC and his appetite had been bad but now he can at most eat a bite or two. I have tried cooking all of his favorite foods but nothing helps. He says he just can't get it down . Sometimes, he tells me it is stuck and then he ends up vomiting. The only thing I can get him to take is a milkshake . I tried the other day to use half protein shake and half milk but he told me his stomach hurt really bad afterwards so he made me promise not to do that. I have also added a raw egg just to get some protein in him. He is losing weight so rapidly that I don't know what to do.
He has metastasis to the lungs and spine and intra-abdominal as well as many enlarged lymph nodes. He had a distal pancreatectomy in July 2024 but it was already in 14 of the 20 Lymph Nodes that they removed and then they did a biopsy on some of the nodules in his lungs which confirmed metastasis there also so they put him on
Palliative Care. He has never had any Chemo or Radiation. He was doing fairly well and Oncologist said as long as it hasn't hit the Liver, he should be good.
I don't understand what has changed and what could be causing him not to be able to eat . This is so frustrating as well as heartbreaking.

@tomrennie He had PET Scan February 25th and they brought him back in 2 weeks ago for a CT Scan.