What To Eat With Stomach Cancer Undergoing Cemo?

My bother-in-law was just diagnosed with stomach cancer that has spread to the liver.  They have recommended aggressive cemothaphy.  My concern is with his eating and keeping his strengh up.  He is already having trouble eating and the treatment is only going to make this worse.  I hope someone out there has some suggestions as to diet that he might eat.  I don't want to see him get too far down.  He is only 56 years old and in otherwise great shape.  Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry to hear you have joined this party. Our experience has been great with the chemo treatments, see my previous posting. The chemo seems to have enabled the stomach to once again expand. We have had no limitations on types of foods, other than cold cannot be tolerated for about a week after the infusion. My partner has been able to put 26 pounds on all the while doing chemo. It has been a blessing. Good luck to you both,  Scott

Sorry, my previous posting is "Living every day can happen"

sorry to hear about your brother. I,m 51 and was diagnosed with stage iv stomach cancer in june 07. Went through 5 rounds of chemo and just days ago had my stomach removed. Going through chemo was difficult.The smell of food would trigger gag reflects. However you most find a way to get nurished. I started eating foods at room temp. I ate deli sandwichs alot roasted turkey was least processed of all meats. For the most part my diet was 95% oorganic. With a big focus on fruits and veggitables. However when I lost my appetite I would anything that would stay down or tasted good. When the tumor was large eating was painful. I would use the morphine to continue eating. I also smoked a lot of pot to increase the appetite and to keep food down. It helped alot with gag reflects. You most time your meals. My wife would call me at work to remind me to eat. Foods that would make sick before would somtimes taste good and vise versa. So experiment. What types of food are used to eating and what is your biggest problem with food (nausia, taste,appetite)? Good Luck

mark

Scott, thank you for your post.  I agree that attitude plays a major roll in recoverery.  You and your partner seem to have a great attitude towards his treatment, he is very blessed to have you with him during this time.  My prayers are with you both.  I lost my dad to bladder cancer in October after a long battle with it.  We have to make each and everyday count.  Thanks for the advice concerning my brother-in-law.  He will begin cemo on Tuesday so I pray he too has good luck with it.  Thank you for you heartfelt concern. Daphne

 

On 12/8/2007 fsilverhill wrote:

My bother-in-law was just diagnosed with stomach cancer that has spread to the liver.  They have recommended aggressive cemothaphy.  My concern is with his eating and keeping his strengh up.  He is already having trouble eating and the treatment is only going to make this worse.  I hope someone out there has some suggestions as to diet that he might eat.  I don't want to see him get too far down.  He is only 56 years old and in otherwise great shape.  Any help would be appreciated.

 

sorry to hear your news...however welcome to this website we have found it very informative.  My mom was diagnosed w/stage 4 cancer and she has 2 more weeks of chemo to go.  She did really well w/the chemo...we kept her weight with Glucerna shakes, 4 daily plus anything she could eat.  Glucerna is Ensure for diabetics...we would mix it w/oatmeal, fruit juices anything we could.  She ate a lot of pureed foods since that made digestion easier...pureed squashes, carrots, potatoes.  We made her fresh carrot juice w/beets and spinach to keep her blood strong...no need for blood transfusions in her case she held her own.  What type of chemo will he be getting? Mom had Cisplatin, Epirubicin and daily 24/7 5FU..this one really was hard on her body...she's had it on for seven weeks now and still two to go.  Do lots of research on side effects..every drug is different...if it turns out he'll be on 5FU feel free to drop me message, there are some pretty intersting and painful sid effects to that one...the tips would be useful.

Keep strong and patient.

Thank you for the advise.  We are not sure what type of chemo he will be taking.  He goes to the doctor tomorrow and begins chemo on Thursday.  We are all so new to this that all the help and support are so appreciated.  Thank you for your kind words and best of health to your mom.

Make sure you ask the Oncologist what type of chemo he will be receiving. 

My dad is on the tail end of his chemo treatments (one more to go).  His biggest complaint was the mouth sores.  It's difficult for him to eat anything with them so I made him some high calorie whey protein shakes with whole milk.

 

On 12/10/2007 papeta wrote:

 

On 12/8/2007 fsilverhill wrote:

My bother-in-law was just diagnosed with stomach cancer that has spread to the liver.  They have recommended aggressive cemothaphy.  My concern is with his eating and keeping his strengh up.  He is already having trouble eating and the treatment is only going to make this worse.  I hope someone out there has some suggestions as to diet that he might eat.  I don't want to see him get too far down.  He is only 56 years old and in otherwise great shape.  Any help would be appreciated.

 

sorry to hear your news...however welcome to this website we have found it very informative.  My mom was diagnosed w/stage 4 cancer and she has 2 more weeks of chemo to go.  She did really well w/the chemo...we kept her weight with Glucerna shakes, 4 daily plus anything she could eat.  Glucerna is Ensure for diabetics...we would mix it w/oatmeal, fruit juices anything we could.  She ate a lot of pureed foods since that made digestion easier...pureed squashes, carrots, potatoes.  We made her fresh carrot juice w/beets and spinach to keep her blood strong...no need for blood transfusions in her case she held her own.  What type of chemo will he be getting? Mom had Cisplatin, Epirubicin and daily 24/7 5FU..this one really was hard on her body...she's had it on for seven weeks now and still two to go.  Do lots of research on side effects..every drug is different...if it turns out he'll be on 5FU feel free to drop me message, there are some pretty intersting and painful sid effects to that one...the tips would be useful.

Keep strong and patient.

My wife (43 years old) had Stage IV stomach cancer that has spread to her liver (a single tumor in each location only about 1-2-cm in diameter) diagnosed in April of this year.  She had completed the ECF chemo (8 rounds) and is now in remission.  We are currently completing another 6 months of preventative chemo which includes Oxaliplatin and Xeloda (pill form of 5FU). 

 I am hopeful that your moms ECF went well and would like to know her test results.  Also, did your oncologist suggest what her next treatment choice if going to be? 

 With our Prayers

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