What Kind Of Food Should We Give To 3rd Stage Cervical Cancer Patient Who Is About To Undergo Radiation?
and chemotheraphy?
i mean what food to give and avoid during this period?
Health aware
Health aware
and chemotheraphy?
i mean what food to give and avoid during this period?
First – ask the Oncology Nurse. He/She may have experience of any particular foods to avoid.
Second – ask to see Hospital Dietician – or go on a good website for information about foods that will help build up resistance etc.
Third – only give small portions at first – and don’t be surprised if something that has been a favourite food makes the patient throw up. I wrote http://www.after-cancer.com with basic information about diet, after I found that my cancer drugs caused me to vomit after I ate things like peppers. Once a favourite of mine, I now can’t face them.
And Little and Often – is generally helpful when feeding anyone. Big meals are usually turn-off – but a small snack every hour or so help pass the time, and is more easy to digest. At least I found this so.
Best of luck
Verite R
Whatever they want. There isn’t any reason why they should either eat or avoid particular foods.
While undergoing chemotherapy, it’s particularly important that a patient eats what they want and what they feel will make them feel better. Often chemo patients prefer bland food – for me it was bland carbohydrate, mashed potato in particular – but it varies from person to person.
Some people have a reduced appetite during chemo, many others have a huge appetite because of the steroids given with chemo – I put on over 20 lbs.
Chemo is a miserable time for most people; having your food choices restricted because of what’s ‘good for you’ makes it more miserable.
One tip is not to eat favourite foods in the hours before each chemo or in the day or two following each chemo – association sickness may be the result, and those previously enjoyed foods can make you feel nauseous to contemplate for a very long time. It took over three years before I could hear the words ‘baked potato’ without nausea, and the smell of them still makes me a little nauseous.
Try to aim for a healthy balanced diet.
However, Chemo in particular can alter how someone feels about food.
Things taste different, and there is often indigestion or nausea.
Many people prefer bland things, personally I enjoyed spicy foods more than I usually do.
Aim for small portions more often rather than sticking to 3 main meals, as this often helps with the side effects.
Be guided by the patient.
Whatever they want. Chemotherapy can decrease an appetite a lot, so whatever the patient wants, the patient should get. They have cancer, it doesn’t mean they all of a sudden need to watch what they eat.
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