Newly diagnosed

Hi Taliesin 

Welcome to the forum . 
Sorry to hear about your brother . Has he had any surgery yet ? My mum went through chemo with her primary tumour in place and it actually shrank quite a bit . 

We certainly found balancing food intake and maintaining my mum’s weight during chemotherapy quite tricky . However you can ask for guidance from a dietitian to try and help make the right food choices to help him .

  https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/bowel-colon-rectum-cancer-forum/f/general/221768/chemo-care-top-tips--

This previous thread might help you all prepare to help him through chemo.

We are most certainly here to help support you both through this process .

Take care ,

Court

Hi Taliesin

This is a brilliant place to get lots of advice from others. I can’t advise you on chemo as my cancer was rectal. I was straight to theatre as I was close to blocking. Once I had the diagnosis I was encouraged to do exercises and eat healthier to prepare. Unfortunately I was unable to process anything healthy. So I had five sittings a day,  light breakfast, meal replacement drink, small lunch, Dinner protein and small carbs. Mid evening meal replacement drink 

I was surprised what affect this had on my energy levels and I didn’t feel so uncomfortable  

Hope this helps 

Take care 

Thanks so much Ann