Hi, John,
My hubby is post treatment two weeks and has what you call "anorexia"...it is just a lack of appetite because there is no taste, per se or very little. I am constantly reminding him to add more cans of Nutrin into his feeding tube (he will not allow me to do so) and encourage him to drink milk and broth. He can tolerate thin cream of wheat(made with 1 1/2 cups of whole milk) and more milk added as it thickens while sitting.) His oncologist said this is a good choice for him to eat as it has a lot of zinc in it, which is good for healing. He was encouraged to try and get 2800-3000 calories/day but at this point, can only tolerate 2000 maximum (it makes him sick to the stomach when he gets more.) I think that you are assuming that this condition is called anorexia because some of the cancer information literature talks about anorexia and cachexia(mustle wasting)but this does not neccessarily apply to Head and Neck Cancer...the recovery options are so much more difficult than for other survivors...just ask someone who has had prostrate or breast cancer. They will tell you that they ate to get better. It is all a struggle. Hope this helps Brian.
Dee S.