Nutrition For Stage 4 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer With Non Operable Tumor With Pluerel Enfusion Stage

On 8/28/2007 Priscilla wrote:

Please help!  My husband is now down about 45 lbs-cannot eat.  He is on a clinical trial.Don eats several bites of oatmeal with half a piece of toast in the morning.  Lunch is up to half a bowl of campbells chicken noodle soup,and evening maybe a half sandwich blt.  In between dream cycles maybe 7 red seedless grapes.  He does take a centrum vitamin.Does anyone have some ideas or recipes on shakes we can make that is full of nutrition?  Also, constipation  is a horrible expereince,stool softeners,milk of magnesia,metamucil do not work :(Waiting anxiously for a reply,please help.  Priscilla wife of don. 

Hi Priscilla

I use a powder for oral solution called Movicol to assist with constipation. It certainly does the trick for me.

I don't know if you can get it in the States as I live in the UK.

I also have Stage 4 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer and am coping very well. I lost my appetite for a couple of weeks but am now on steroids and this has made all the difference. I have a good appetite and actually enjoy what I am eating.

Regards

Edwin