 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Nicki,
One way to eliminate boredom is to take a magazine or newspaper to the table. It takes us cancer survivors a long time to ingest a small amount of food, especially early on. Reading or doing some other activity at the same time allows us to not concentrate on the fact we can't eat at the same rate we used to.
Do not expect us to be conversationalists over dinner. Lots of liquids like water and milk help to get food down. Also, try not to eat serve large portions of anything. It only frustrates us. Very small meals many times a day are easier to handle until the damage from the radiation heals. Make certain is checked for thrush. No white stuff allowed if he has thrush.
Hope that helps.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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