my brother got chemo on wednesday and hadn't been able to keep any food down. Does anyone have any information or any foods that he could try. fyi this is his first chemo treatment.
2007-11-04 06:18:53 · 12 answers · asked by metalgearsolid 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
If he's throwing up, he should ask for his medication to be changed immediately. Feeling nauseous is usual, vomiting is not these days as anti-emetics have improved so much.
Once he's got his meds straight, he should eat whatever he fancies, whatever he feels will make him feel better. Bland carbohydrate is something a lot of chemo patients find palatable; I ate almost nothing but mashed potatoes for a few days following each chemo.
Ginger in any form can help with nausea; so can cola - some people find it works better if allowed to go flat first.
Hope he feels better soon
2007-11-04 07:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by lo_mcg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk with the doctor about getting a prescription to help for nausea. I found that bland food was about all that I could handle. Meat had a very bad smell to me - also how it looked and the texture. Dry toast was okay, but I didn't want butter on it. Don't spice the food. My doctor told me to do the sea food diet. I was so alarmed when he said that. Then he said if you see it and it appeals to you, eat it. The problem gets less as you approach the next chemo session. Then you start all over again.
2007-11-05 03:36:09 · answer #2 · answered by Simmi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure that his oncologist has prescribed nausea medication. If he is throwing up try to keep fluids down, use Popsicles. But nothing containing milk products. It took me 2 weeks to figure out why I couldn't keep anything down. The chemo had made me lactose intolerant. I wasn't even able to have 1% of milk products in any foods. Not even dry milk. So try this it may help. Read everything on a lable to make sure that there is no trace of milk in it. Hope He begains to feel better soon. God Bless!
2007-11-04 12:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by sunshine 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the type of chemotherapy he is having and the dosage . . this is only temporary. As long as he has anti-nausea meds he can eat what ever he wants. If he doesn't feel like eating too much, than that is okay too. What many cancer patients do is avoid eating too much on their chemo days and than during the rest period just eat normally. It's all about the calories. Any food high in calories should be a good choice.
The American Cancer Society has some good information that might help:
Nutrition for Cancer Patients
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/MBC_6.asp?sitearea=MBC
Good luck to your brother! (my son liked pizza and milk shakes . . and that's what he got).
2007-11-04 08:11:18 · answer #4 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ativan, phenegran, marinol, ect..
Boost or ensure or other diet meal replacements. They contain a lot of protein and calories, which is what is impt right now.
NO fresh fruits or veggies. All food MUST be completly cooked.
I found things like baked potatoes tolerable. Broth/soups are good. Crackers.
Basically, he will be sick until the effects start to where off. This is NOT a good time for fav foods. They wont taste right and may cause taste aversions from the vomitting. (I leaerned this the hard way)
2007-11-04 10:17:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frozen fruit bars worked for me. Homemade beef broth. Some people liked smoothies. Tea with lots of honey.
He should talk to his oncologist, they have pretty good anti-nausea drugs now, maybe he needs a change of medication. It is really important that those drugs be taken just as prescribed to be effective. You have to keep ahead of the nausea. If it gives him any hope - I only had trouble with my first treatment.
2007-11-04 06:39:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are drugs that can be prescribed to address this problem, he should ask his doctor.
If he knows anyone with sort of long hair that smells "funny", sometimes that can help too (just don't get caught!)...
Good luck to your brother! Encourage him to stick with the chemo....it usually works well, even though it sucks
2007-11-04 06:32:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
My Dad found that Peach Yogurt was the best food for him to tolerate. Sometimes they added a tsp. of Aloe Vera to it for extra nutrition & energy. Hope this helps. Cancer is such a hard thing to deal with.
2007-11-04 19:28:07 · answer #8 · answered by Zippity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to the doctor and an Oncology nutritionist. For now if he can sip broth or mint tea it will at least keep him hydrated.
2007-11-04 06:35:38 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the doctor to help him in any way.. And tell your brother to hang on and my heart goes out to him..
god bless x
2007-11-04 15:14:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋