It sounds more like lack of absorption if he is truly eating. Having been in this position mine was from nausea and vomiting. I don't like to disagree with posts but maybe one milkshake as the previous poster suggested but milk, sugar etc is bad for any cancer patient. The cancer cells love that. Try oatmeal and juices (not fruit vegie) like make carrot apple and celery together twice a day. Add acidophillus caps 3 times a day it helps the bowel absorb the nutrients. iI he is suffering extreme nausea post again and I have some ideas for that. If you must use milk use heavy whipping cream only and water it down, Make egg custard with a tsp honey. give 2-3 times a day. Light easily digested food is needed. My apologies the previous poster as i know many doctors tell you about the milk shakes and ice cream. When I worked ONcology the doc told our patients to stay off that stuff as well as when I was a pt. hope this helps.mms
On 1/30/2008
yosh003 wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can help. My husband had his auto stem cell transplant on 1/10. His hospital course was pretty unremarkable and he came home early, on day 10 post transplant. The problem is he continues to lose lots of weight. He has lost about 30 pounds in 2 and 1/2 weeks. He is eating, but he looks skinnier to me from night to morning and this is confirmed by the scale. Docs don't have much to say, I am worried about the myeloma.
Any suggestions/ideas about what is wrong or what to do would be greatly appreciated.
Carolynn