#82657 10-23-2008 09:58 AM | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | OP  "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | Hi I am not sure if this sort of thing has been posted already but it in my opinion is worth a second try. When I first came home from hospital my friend made me the best home made soup. I enjoyed it and it kinda happened by accident although others have probably done it it is not that far off the board.
So now I cheat...I love cream of broccoli soup but not quite thick enough..at the time she had made cream of broccoli and cauliflower and cheese and made mashed potatoes...we got this brilliant idea and mixed them all together the soups and the mashed potatoes...WOW
like I said now I cheat i use campbells cream of broccoli soup and add a tin of milk and mashed potatoes ....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm it was sooooo good and just the right thickness...then last night Igot brave and added cheeze whizz...
Anyway that's my little kick to the food business
Also make a wicked omelet with cheese, cottage cheese and spinach dip...it makes the omelet slide a little easier...lol
Hope this isn't too old news but I guess if it is still being thought of it is good stuff...
Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 219 | DarkeyedladyO, Thank you for listing the recipe on the cream of brocalli soup and cream potatoes and cheese. That sounds great and something I would be able to swallow and get some veg's down. I am craving food but can't eat much but soft things and Ensure. What I would give to have a big juscy steak and Lobster! I am going to get me some of the breakfast drink David speaks of soon. Today I had rads then chemo so it was a long day. see ya, Angel
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SCC left tonsil, tonsillectomy with additional tissue removed 06/10/08, a few teeth on top left side removed 09/05/08,recurrence before treatment started at BOT and tonsil area, 35 IMRT treatments began 10/15/08, and Cisplatin IV (began10/16/08) weekly for duration of radiation.
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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | Your welcome...it is just something I fell in love with and you can have many varieties of soup adding mashed potatoes to any of the cream soup and the texture seems to be better...I got some cream of chicken, cream of celery and cream of mushroom gonna try all three maybe even mix them... I too crave the vegetables...I used to drink V8 but the tomato is a little difficult
Enjoy and take care...and keep up the good work
Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY
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Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 | Thanks for this darkeyelady. I am searching the posts on behalf of my father who had stage 4 oral cancer and radiation, and is diabetic. His treatments concluded about 10 weeks ago and he is currently disinterested in food. Partly because of the loss of taste. If you have any other suggestions I would love to see them. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | Ginger being diabetic makes this surgery and further treatments difficult at best...I am insulin dependant so if I don't eat enough I have lows and it is hard to judge insullin dosage...I have never been so baffled have to keep sugars down to heal properly but yet you need enough calories to keep up strength without raising sugars...I have never had a doctor be so happy to hear I haven't lost weight...
Depending on what kind of diet he can have meaning how solid I will put my thinking cap on and it is a lot of trial and error too sometimes I think I want something make it take a few bites or spoonfuls and decide yuck not today...there are a lot of other people here with tricks too!!!
Give your dad hugs and tell him to keep trying...I also have false teeth so taste is hard considering top taste buds are covered and well the tongue is numb so I too have few taste buds..it does make things a bit blazee...A good member to ask about recipes is Christine and her famous peanut butter milkshakes they are a great way to get protien and tasty too cold so help with swelling...
Good luck
Dianne
Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Sounds very good Dianne!!! Im getting hungry  Have you ever tried baked sweet potatoes or yams? They are very soft and easy to eat. Can top with several things like salt and butter/margerine, marshmallows, or brown sugar.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 309 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 309 | blended smoothies are a good standby when it is hard to swallow.
Rita - Age 44
wife, mother of 4 - ages 3,16,21,24 & grandma to 1
(R upper) Maxillectomy 8/8/08 - UW / Seattle, WA.
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Rita:
I almost forgot about those. Thanks for reminding me. Since its not summer with all the fresh fruit and berries, I havent made them in a while now.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | | | | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 136 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 136 | hey DELO,
you are on to some of my favorite foods. i had a fried egg\cheese\mayo sandwich for lunch today.
at seafood restaurants, i often order a cup of cream of what ever soup that i use as a sauce on the seafood.
and i especially like butternut squash, boiled\creamed... smooth as silk, colorful and tasty.
cu,
larryb
'01 diagnosis.. jaw hing and base of tongue. surgery not possible. JHU used radiation and chemo to seemingly rid me of the beast. peg for about 19 months. 100 cases of 24 cans of liquid food. 9 months eating therapy. 3x esophagus stretches. non-smoker. previously a social drinker.
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Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 309 | i buy the frozen berries when they are not in season another nutritious snack is freezing peeled bananas then bringing them out of freezer and mashing them - mix them with flavors such as chocolate syrup or strawberry ... makes a nice icecream treat that is more nutritious and helps with your potassium input don't forget to add flax seed oil to your smoothies to keep up your omega 3 intake!
Rita - Age 44
wife, mother of 4 - ages 3,16,21,24 & grandma to 1
(R upper) Maxillectomy 8/8/08 - UW / Seattle, WA.
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