Angelia... Are you saying you lost 60 pounds since rad/chemo started a few weeks ago???? If so your docs sure are missing this important side effect. It means you arent getting enough nutrition to sustain yourself. Any significant weight loss during radiation treatments would make you feel awful. Im speaking from experience, I lost 12 pounds in a week and everybody flipped on me. Of course, I felt absolutely terrible. Going thru rad/chemo is the worlds worst diet. I hope your weight loss is from your original diagnosis.
Once I realized the consequences of not getting enough calories in daily, I began drinking choc peanut butter milkshakes. Some days I would drink 2 or 3, each once had at least 1500 calories each. If you want the recipie, its listed in the eating section. Hang in there, you are about 1/2 way done.
Christine SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive
