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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