A taste of help to keep cancer patients' pounds up

nudgie
nudgie Member Posts: 1,478 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Good article on nutrition:

http://my.earthlink.net/article/hea?guid=20090518/4a122ec0_3ca6_15526200905191366105981

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  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #2
    thanks
    thank you for the post. Don't you hate it when you post and it's like no one gives a poop?
  • bdee
    bdee Member Posts: 304
    #3
    Article
    It was a good article, I just wish I could eat anything solid. I've lost 63 pounds since January and all I can eat are broth soups and smoothies. I would give anything to eat a french fry and hamburger or even the vegetables from my soups. I just can't stand to swallow things. It gets in my mouth and just gets bigger and bigger until it gags me. Or at least that is my perception. I know it isn't getting bigger, it just seems like that to me. Even scrambled eggs do that.
    After reading the article, though, I think I need to buy some protein powder.

    Thanks for the article.
  • becky030505
    becky030505 Member Posts: 2
    #4
    Taste of help article
    Thanks so much for the article. My mother isn't eating much at all for a good while now and my family gets frustrated, but I know there's got to be physical reasons as well as emotional (she was diagnosed April 7th of this year but was sick for at least 6 months prior before notifying her doctor she was having problems.
  • jenben59
    jenben59 Member Posts: 136 Member
    #5
    I'm on...
    Oxaliplatin, and everything(just about)tastes terrible. At the beginning of my chemo, the bad, metal taste would only last about 2-3 days, now it may "kind of" stop a day before my next treatment. The only up side to this is I could stand to lose about 20 pounds, but I'm also on steroids and I've only lost about 5. I can eat just about anything if I'm very active, but on chemo I'm to worn out. if anyone has any suggestions on what to do on Oxaliplatin...please let me know.
  • maglets
    maglets Member Posts: 2,576 Member
    #6
    jenben59 said:

    I'm on...
    Oxaliplatin, and everything(just about)tastes terrible. At the beginning of my chemo, the bad, metal taste would only last about 2-3 days, now it may "kind of" stop a day before my next treatment. The only up side to this is I could stand to lose about 20 pounds, but I'm also on steroids and I've only lost about 5. I can eat just about anything if I'm very active, but on chemo I'm to worn out. if anyone has any suggestions on what to do on Oxaliplatin...please let me know.

    taste
    jen I am just the opposite of you on oxy...I have put on 25 pounds nothing fits. I eat everything...lots of fresh fruit, juices veg, soup and the occasional potato chip...yum love that salt.

    Yesterday I had a new young onc and he siad we should all be mouth washing with simple baking soda and salt....he siad try it 4 or5 times a day....changes the fauna of the mouth and the taste. He felt it really helped with nausea....I am giving it a try. simple and cheap why not

    Good luck
    hugs
    mags

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