Post Partial Gastrectomy Help

Hi my father had his surgery for stomach cancer,partial gastrectomy they took 70% of his stomach on 3/9/09 got out of hospital 7 days later.he couldnt eat much in hospital a couple of spoonfuls,know hes home almost 2 weeks and only consuming a few hundred calories a day.only a jar of baby food here and there and can only drink a couple of sips at a time,i tried boost but cant drink enough in a days time to have any benefit,hes very thin he was 136 at surgery and know hes down to 120 with know muscle im very worried but i called the surgeon and he said this is normal that he had major surgery and to give it time that in time he will be able to stretch his stomach and eat almost normal.im asking you,s who know and went through this is this normal ,my father says he feels bloated after a couple of spoonfuls or a couple of ounces of drinks and says his stomach hurts,then he cant eat or drink anything for 4 or 5 hours.by the way he was staged at stage 2 t2 n1 mo and the onc. Wants to do chemorad. But needs to get my fathers weight up.thanks

On 3/27/2009 corman1969 wrote:

Hi my father had his surgery for stomach cancer,partial gastrectomy they took 70% of his stomach on 3/9/09 got out of hospital 7 days later.he couldnt eat much in hospital a couple of spoonfuls,know hes home almost 2 weeks and only consuming a few hundred calories a day.only a jar of baby food here and there and can only drink a couple of sips at a time,i tried boost but cant drink enough in a days time to have any benefit,hes very thin he was 136 at surgery and know hes down to 120 with know muscle im very worried but i called the surgeon and he said this is normal that he had major surgery and to give it time that in time he will be able to stretch his stomach and eat almost normal.im asking you,s who know and went through this is this normal ,my father says he feels bloated after a couple of spoonfuls or a couple of ounces of drinks and says his stomach hurts,then he cant eat or drink anything for 4 or 5 hours.by the way he was staged at stage 2 t2 n1 mo and the onc. Wants to do chemorad. But needs to get my fathers weight up.thanks

I know the difficulties of recovering from this surgury.  I had it 2/17/09, and was in the hospital for 9 days.  Your oncologis should be able to give you the name of a nutritionist that can help make the most of what foods can be taken in.  Depending on your dad's body type and desired weight they can recommend food supplements.  I can tell you that it does get better.  After being out of the hospital for four weeks, I can eat most things but very small amounts and I go after the protein and carbs as much as I can.

Does your Dad have a feeding tube in?  That is one way to get the nutrients and callories to go with what can be swallowed.  I had mine removed last week as I didn't need it anymore and my weight has stablized.

Vince