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Diet while recovering from throat cancer chemo & radiation

Postby Nerual1721 » Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:33 pm

Hi all. A friend of mine, late 70yo has been disgnised with prostate cancer & now throat cancer. He’s a long term vegetarian & has been in & out of a vegan diet in receyears to recover from ulcerative colitis. His prostate diagnosis came about 9 months ago & throat cancer about a month ago.

He has reluctantly decided to go ahead with chemotherapy & radiation.

My question is he asked the hospital dietitian about his post treatment diet as he’s been advised that he’ll be on liquids (oral & nasal tube) for some time to nourish him while he cannot eat. He asked what that would be & they advised him sustagin. He’s really noyt keen on taking this, preferring to take his own nutribullet & blending his own drinks.

Does anyone have any advice/recipes?

Many thanks x
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Re: Diet while recovering from throat cancer chemo & radiati

Postby Lyndzie » Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:52 am

You might want to post directly in Jeff’s forum. He can’t give advice for specific circumstances, but might have a general guideline for liquid diets.
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Re: Diet while recovering from throat cancer chemo & radiati

Postby Healthhelper » Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:38 pm

Thank you for the suggestion Lyndzie. I will repost.
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