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Trouble with Nutrition

stephaniedansdaughter80
stephaniedansdaughter80 CSN Member Posts: 1
in Esophageal Cancer #1

My father is having a terrible time getting any calories down during his chemo treatment. We are having to do nutritional shakes but he indicates he is too sick to his stomach to eat or drink anything. He has lost WAY too much weight. Any hints????

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  • Deathorglory
    Deathorglory CSN Member Posts: 364
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    Nutrition

    My doctor was very proactive about addressing chemo side effects before they ever came up.  For nausea, she had me on a cocktail, but I can only remember zofran and emend.  I think there were two others as well.  Talk with your docs and hopefully, they'll figure out what works for your dad.  As  far as nutrition went, my doc wanted me to eat an egg every day.  It was easy to swallow and she wanted me to get the protein. Unfortunately, large weight losses are quite common as folks proceed through their treatment for EC.

     

    Hope you find your solution,

     

    Ed

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  • Grateful4Forum
    Grateful4Forum CSN Member Posts: 15
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    Marinol

    Not sure what state you are in but many people have mentioned that prescription Marinol (in pill form) helped with their appetite tremendously.  

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  • radtraveller
    radtraveller CSN Member Posts: 4
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    Deathorglory said:

    Nutrition

    My doctor was very proactive about addressing chemo side effects before they ever came up.  For nausea, she had me on a cocktail, but I can only remember zofran and emend.  I think there were two others as well.  Talk with your docs and hopefully, they'll figure out what works for your dad.  As  far as nutrition went, my doc wanted me to eat an egg every day.  It was easy to swallow and she wanted me to get the protein. Unfortunately, large weight losses are quite common as folks proceed through their treatment for EC.

     

    Hope you find your solution,

     

    Ed

    anti nausea

    Compazine, phenegran and keep Zofran (under the tongue) for active vomiting.

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