Hi does anyone have any advice on how I can help my mum to start to eat and drink, she had a stent fitted last week and this is so very hard trying to encourage her, any ideas would be gratefully received I was really frustrated yesterday. Also trying to find recipies for nutritional menues ect...
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Hi, Try what i will try if my Mum dosent feel like eating, If youdont eat I wont eat!! I know it seem's harsh to both you and your Mum but You need to get her to eat as her body needs to be strong to try fight and heal...I hope this helped and sorry if it did'nt
Thanks Lauren its not harsh this is all new to me and I will try anything to get her to eat.......great to hear about your mums scan good luck to you both...
hi wizzy, its good your mum has had her stent fitted, it took my dad a few days to eat after he had had his fitted. your mum may be a little apprehensive if food has got stuck before the stent, or if the stent is a little uncomfortable (it can be sometimes at first) so long as she is drinking, also the food supplement drinks are good. my dads oncologist used to say families always worried about food, and their relatives eating, but the smallest amount of diet was enough if they were having lots of fluids. only give her what she fancies very small portions, my dad seemed to eat fresh fish for breakfast dinner and tea, did you get a good idea of suitable foods from the hospital who fitted the stent? also you must always have fizzy pop handy apparently as it helps to clear the stent should it become blocked and coke cleans the stent, but i suppose they gave you this info at your local hospital.
i hope your mum soon regains some of her appetite take care thinking of you
Reminds me of my Hubby trying to make me eat when i came out of Hospital. I lost 10kg. But Hey, its all back on.
The Dr put me on a drink called Ensure Plus which has everything in it to keep you going. Cancer patients in New Zealand are recomended it. There is nothing worse than been forc
when i felt very ill i did not want to eat anything the thought of food made me feel sick, my partner every day used to ask what i really really fancy to eat, some time it was a strawberry sweet, or peanuts,or packet of crisps,or a biscuit,etc he put it in the plait for me what i asked for, it look silly seen a sweet in a plait or peanuts etc.. but it did the trick eventually i start to ask for better food fruit, bread,meat,egg,etc, he give me just what i asked no more than that, this too looked silly on the plait to look at just one item on it!!!!!!!! with time slowly!!! there were 2 items in my plait, again only what i asked for not more than that.
within weeks i started to regain my appetite back very very slow.
i was not pushed to eat except what i really wanted to have, it worked for me maybe will it work you your mum????
