suspected small bowel cancer

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hi,i was wondering if anyone could give me any advice.my friends mum had colon cancer and she went into remission and they thought that she was cured. she has since gone into hospital after loosing weight and having sickness and diarreah,they removed what they thought was scar tissue from her small bowel but it turns out that it is cancer,they have sent her home to build herself up as they cant do any more investigations or treatment until she has put more weight on,shes dropped to 6 stone 9.but my friend says that her mums really struggling with food,theyve told her to eat a lot of thing like cheese and protein drinks but she just cant keep them down,im not sure what medication shes on but i know that theyve given her something to try and stop the diarreah.

i was just wondering if anyone had any advice really on things she can eat or drink or tablets that she could take to help her to get herself built up.they dont know if they got all the cancer out when they took what thay found but they cant go any further until she is in a better state,any advice would be really really gratefully recieved.

thanx niky xxxxx

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi Nikkye, cant advise you really, except

    to say maybe your friend should speak

    to her mums doctor and tell him what is

    going on with there mum, about not being

    able to keep food down, and finding it

    difficult to put weight on. Did your friend

    mum not have any support from the doc

    at the hospital she was in, i cant see why

    they should just send her home to get on

    with things without any backup, your

    friend should find out if there is help for

    her or his mum. Hope something is done

    to help her soon.

    Love Linda. xxxxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    they talked about feeding her in the hospital but have said that they cant due to the state of her veins due to her chemo,i cant think of the proper word that she used,and also shes very high risk for infection.so she is at home and pretty much got to try the best that she can to eat what she can to build herself up...which seems to be easier said than done.