CancerCompass message board discussion started by shinehead on 1/21/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,19947,0.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My father is being treated for rectal cancer.  He is 6 weeks into chemotherapy and has lost a massive amount of weight.  He is 6"0 and now weighs about 110 lbs.  He can't keep any food down despite various different drugs to help.  A nutritionist has suggested a no fat diet to no avail.  I would be grateful for any suggestions.  I am worried this cannot go on for much longer.  Thanks!:)  shinehead Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT My hubby has been taking treatments since July of '06, and up until now pretty much kept some of his weight on until he devolped diarrhea.. Once that happened, no matter what he ate he had diarrhea.. The Doc first took him off of milk products.. then treated him for irrated colon, bowel.. like Crohns disease.. not saying he has crohns disease, just treating him similar diagnosis.. He started him on entocort, he takes 3 capsules in Am and 1 capsule in evening.. and it has helped his diarrhea.. he has good bowol movements.. I hope this helps in some way.. he has also been hospitilized 3 to 4 times since, for other complications.. one now has been a nose bleed, and gas.. so if anyone can help us with  the gas issue, it would help... The nose bleed had to be carterized and packed.. and nose spray... Thanks in advance, Ms C On 1/21/2008 shinehead wrote:My father is being treated for rectal cancer.  He is 6 weeks into chemotherapy and has lost a massive amount of weight.  He is 6"0 and now weighs about 110 lbs.  He can't keep any food down despite various different drugs to help.  A nutritionist has suggested a no fat diet to no avail.  I would be grateful for any suggestions.  I am worried this cannot go on for much longer.  Thanks!:)   Mscheryl103 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT what types of anti-naus. meds does he get. Emmend seemed to help us, a 3day/ 3 pill pack...and the steroids I believe  made him eat like a horse, yet a price to pay with behavioral changes and steroids... My husband also drinks lots of Boost.I have also read that changing the temperature of your foods may help... room temp, not to cold on stuff and not to hot... My prayers go out to you... familyfaith Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 1/21/2008 shinehead wrote:My father is being treated for rectal cancer.  He is 6 weeks into chemotherapy and has lost a massive amount of weight.  He is 6"0 and now weighs about 110 lbs.  He can't keep any food down despite various different drugs to help.  A nutritionist has suggested a no fat diet to no avail.  I would be grateful for any suggestions.  I am worried this cannot go on for much longer.  Thanks!:) That sounds like alot of weight to lose so early in the treatments. I've heard of treatments being stopped for awhile until the patient can gain back some of his strength and, in the case of your father, weight. I lost 40 lbs during my 5 1/2 mos of chemo but it was pretty steady & gradual the whole time, not quick & massive as your father has. The prescribed anti-nausea pills helped some, but the only other thing I did was to eat mostly fruits & veggies, which was about all that I had an appetite for during those months. I hope that someone else has some suggestions that can help you more than I probably have. I'll be praying for your father. My experience has been recent enough that I can still feel some of those side effects in my memory! rena53 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT