that cancer was discovered. ex smoker. no am on chemo due to two involved nodes. a combo of cisplatin and gemcitabine. having terrible stomach aches along with nausea. my dr is wonderful and has put me on sucralfate as well as nexium. any diet advice?? i am trying to get some calories. have only gone thru the 1st treatment, have 11 more to go, and have lost 13 lbs already. any advise is apprecited. this is all new to me
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - I had my lower lobe removed from right lung in early october. miricle?
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- 3 Nov 2011 by nanrex
- Topics:
- nausea/vomiting, cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, lung cancer, cisplatin, gemcitabine
Answers (4)
8 Nov 2011
When you are undergoing chemotherapy it is very likely that your taste is altered and your appetite is low.
Firstly ask your oncologist for Zofran to combat the nausea and vomiting. Zofran (ondansetron) blocks the actions of chemicals in the body that can trigger nausea and vomiting.
Zofran is used to prevent nausea and vomiting that may be caused by surgery or by medicine to treat cancer (chemotherapy or radiation).
Whatever you feel like eating add cream or butter to it. Increase your calories as much as possible. Eat sweets, pastry, etc., that have lots of calories, this way even if you eat less of it you are still getting lots of fat.
Try milkshakes... make the milkshake then add a bit of cream (don't add cream to milkshake before processing it otherwise the cream will turn buttery).\
Even if you just eat bread ... put lots of butter on it instead of margarine. All the best.
9 Nov 2011
That i s a great miracle God has blessed you amen to that! When my dad went through cemo they told us put butter on anything possible. Don't feel bad to have a cookies or chocolates {those sweet moments in the cooler section of the store where they keep the cans ao bisquits choc dipped litl bite size brownies with fudge are delicious if you get sores in your mouth lots f icecream with whipped cream. They told my dad if he didn't feel like eating eat ready whip straight from the can. Right now eating anything is better than nothing. If yoou are nauses they can give you other meds too but dramamine works as well. Don't eat lowfat foods get reg milk if you can. Congrats on your miracle I'm glad God blessed you let know how you are doing. Jaime
23 Nov 2011
Nanrex, sorry to hear about all your trouble. I'd like to ask you a few questions if I may? My brother -law was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer two weeks ago. Since then they have moved him from Guam to an army hospital in Hawaii. It has spread throughout his entire body at this point. Have you ever heard of a Dr. Burzynski? He is a cancer doctor who has the Burzynski Clinic in Houston, Texas. The FDA and pharmacuticals have been trying to put him out of business since 1970. If you go to you tube, you will find several videos about him. Click on the very first one, it is a documentary with several people there witnessing their recovery or recoveries of loved ones. The information there is amazing. This man has cured over 100 different cancers. Skeptical? I was too until I did a lot of research on him and his clinic and his drug trials.
26 Aug 2012
My cancer is very much like yours I had the left lung done the same as your right and have now survived 2 years and now I'm on my 2 line chemo treatment. I recall that the first line treatment was the hardest so I feel for you. Eating was hard but the advise you have been given is eat what you enjoy and can keep down, one of the best things I did was eat with people as the conversation can take your mind away from just the core of eating. I think I ate more desserts than main meals, ice cream and fruit was a delight. Do you take Dexamethasone around your chemo treatments as they will help with a lot of issues and one is they help make you hungry with there steroid base. I use them 1 day before day of and 2days after treatment just don't take them after lunch time as they can also keep you awake. I have said for the two years on chemo that the days around treatment were the best days because I had an appetite and enjoyed eating.
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thanks to both of you for your comments. i am taking several anit nausea drugs including zophran, and they do help. cold foods also seem to taste better then hot foods. thanks again.
Your very welcome. good luck