Food recommendations for chemo patient.
My dh has an uncle that has been diagnosed with cancer. His wife passed a few years ago and they were childless. We both love him very much and want to help him all we can thru this. I would like ide...
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Several years ago, I asked a very similar question when my SIL was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to undergo chemo...
A great answer, as I was not the live-in caregiver - because of how the taste buds quickly change in chemo patients, get a basket of little things, all mixed up flavors - both sweet and savory. Like a packet of cheese crackers, bag of M&Ms, sausage sticks, gum, canned soup - just walk up and down a nice grocery store's aisles, and you'll come up with tons of ideas. I believe I ended up filling a small laundry basket and she loved the idea! My brother said she (SIL) would ask him to run out for "XXX" and by the time he returned with it, it didn't sound good to her and she wouldn't eat it.
Good luck.
Cancer SUCKS!
A great answer, as I was not the live-in caregiver - because of how the taste buds quickly change in chemo patients, get a basket of little things, all mixed up flavors - both sweet and savory. Like a packet of cheese crackers, bag of M&Ms, sausage sticks, gum, canned soup - just walk up and down a nice grocery store's aisles, and you'll come up with tons of ideas. I believe I ended up filling a small laundry basket and she loved the idea! My brother said she (SIL) would ask him to run out for "XXX" and by the time he returned with it, it didn't sound good to her and she wouldn't eat it.
Good luck.
Cancer SUCKS!
