I have no doubt you both are doing the best you can. Ive been thru this myself and know how difficult it is to eat during rads and chemo.

If your husband is not able to eat enough (daily minimum of 2500 calories and 48-64 oz of water) he will begin to lose weight and start feeling worse as time goes on. Patients burn up incredible amounts of calories as their bodies fight the cancer, treatments and continually trying to rebuild itself. Even taking in 4000 or 5000 calories daily during treatment and recovery isnt too much. Losing weight is a sign your husband is not taking in enough. When your husband starts losing weight it will melt right off him several pounds a week. I lost 65 pounds in less than 2 months! I also felt horrible and ended up hospitalized a few times for malnutrition and dehydration.

If your husband is not able to eat and drink enough now, he may want to begin considering getting a feeding tube. Your husband will probably be like most patients and refuse to get a feeding tube. There isnt a single one of us who had one wanted to get one. But it is just another tool to help him get thru the several weeks until he begins to eat enough again. Maybe a nasal type feeding tube would be best as its the most short term type and doesnt require surgery to install.

Heres more about diet for cancer patients...


OCF Main Site... Diet during Cancer treatments

Livestrong's Cancer patients diet info


Hang in there and keep doing your best