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Carol is not eating. She puts in 500-600 calories a day. I keep trying to get her to eat, but she's just not hungry, even with the Marinol. I am getting her to do a little exercise, heavy on the little! She drinks about 335 calories worth of Ensure and nibbles a bit a couple of times a day. I haven't been in a situation like this. On one hand, I want to be sympathetic to her desires, but on the other, I want her to eat and get stronger. So, I remind her a lot she needs to eat, or she needs to walk. That doesn't go over too well. She feels I'm hounding her, and I guess I am. Watsafellertodo?
I'll cook or get her anything she wants, she just doesn't want anything. Should I just ease off or keep mentioning it? With another chemo scheduled for Tuesday morning, I want her to be as strong as she can be. She is going to have to take some dexamethasone before the chemo, and I hope that might stimulate her appetite, but I don't know much about it other than it's a steroid to help avoid allergic reactions to the Taxol.
This disease sure comes with challenges, doesn't it? I'm one of those guys who can fix anything with few tools and parts, but I can't fix this appetite thing. I know she feels stuffed all the time carrying the extra fluid in her abdomen, but you can't just not eat. She does complain about having indigestion a lot, but she doesn't vomit. I figure that's just a symptom of the disease or a SE from the chemo.
I'm to the point of looking into whether someone can give her nutrients via home-infusion. I'm definitely gonna ask her doc about it.
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