I so sympathize with you, and your boyfriend is lucky to have such a caring person as you to help him through this difficult time. David is right in that everyone is different in how they react to the treatment. My son only tolerated shakes for a short time. When I tried putting a small amount of "tasteless" protein powder in his shakes, he could taste it right away and refused it. He could only tolerate vanilla shakes with a lot of ice cream in it. As for the nausea meds, I think there are different suggestions the doctor could make. In my son's case (no insurance, not job, etc.) he felt that they started with the cheaper costing ones and if that didn't work, would try something else. Maybe you or your bf could check with the doctor to see a different nausea med would be more helpful. My son tolerated the low sodium chicken broth and sometimes beef broth. Later, very softly scrambled eggs. Sounds like your bf has come thru more than half of the treatments so far, so he is getting closer to the end. Keep in touch here and let us know what is happening.