Subject: RE: Nutrition For Stage 4 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer With Non Operable Tumor With Pluerel Enfusion S
Date: 09/02/2008
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.
I don't know if this works for cancer patients, but my dad was very sick with heart and kidney problems along with an internal bleed. He lost 75 pounds and we thought we were losing him. One of the nurses told us to give him Carnation Instant Breakfast (tastes better than Ensure with the same nutrients.) My mom put it in a blender with a scoop of ice cream. He drank this 4 times a day (was able to eat nothinig else) and is now driving and loving life. Hope this helps.
Karen