Hi Skp,
My husband and I are a couple weeks ahead of you. I totally can relate to the tension around getting calories in. Another person on this forum gave me good advise. Since he will be weighed regularly, the medical team can be the ones to get on him about nutrition. This helped me so much. So, I just quit making that an issue between us. He was hospitalized this past week with malnutrition and is now on TPN (IV Feedings). I'm not saying this is the way to go, but it was causing so much stress and arguments that I had to let it go. Maybe your husband won't be as stubborn as mine. I have to say that even though TPN is more work for me, I have peace of mind that he is getting his nutrition everyday. I like what Amy said about staying in the present. It is a tough road but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Right now we have 5 more radiation treatments and one more chemo treatment.
Take care,
Valerie


CG to husband, 47 nonsmoker DX 8/1/07 StageIV BOT SSC T4N2B. Surgery 8/16/07 Partial glossectomy, left ND 2 nodes involved with extracapsular extension. 10/1/07 Begin Tomo therapy x 33, 3 cycles of cisplatin. All tx complete November 27, 2007