What can I get my husband to eat?

So sorry to hear this. Would he be able to tolerate a smoothie? I lived on smoothies and soups for for a while when swallowing was difficult.I especially liked oat banana and date smoothie with peanut butter. Lots of goodness and tasty too. Carrot 
 and lentil soup was another winner. 

Thank you HanSharp. It is worth a try! 

I cooked our daughter bacon and eggs for breakfast, and he says the smell makes him feel so nauseous he can't even bear to have a milkshake through his gastric rig . So frustrating. My job has become about nagging him constantly to eat and drink (orally or via the rig). It's depressing really, but on we go. 

Great to have this community to turn to. Thanks again, Creina

Hi maybe trifles and cheesecakes and shepherds pies etc I could mange this but would take me ages to consume, it is really different for everyone and for most days I just couldn’t face food but it does get better slowly , good luck x

Hi Creina, My mother was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in November.Since then I have been making her food and for my father as well.I make a lot of soups eg.mushroom soup,cheese and tomato,bacon and vegetable,cauliflower cheese, I cook the mixture in my slow cooker and on the hob until everything is very soft.I then blend the soup and then sieve it,just to make sure there are no lumps(makes a lot of washing up!!) but it's worth It!.I also make rice pudding,blended and served for mum,normal stuff for dad.Egg custard and semolina are also good. To make the dishes more calorific I add full cream milk,butter,cheese ,evaporated milk depending on what I am cooking.Strangely enough my mother is able to eat ryvitas.I hope this helps a little.

Hi Creina, My mother was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in November.Since then I have been making her food and for my father as well.I make a lot of soups eg.mushroom soup,cheese and tomato,bacon and vegetable,cauliflower cheese, I cook the mixture in my slow cooker and on the hob until everything is very soft.I then blend the soup and then sieve it,just to make sure there are no lumps(makes a lot of washing up!!) but it's worth It!.I also make rice pudding,blended and served for mum,normal stuff for dad.Egg custard and semolina are also good. To make the dishes more calorific I add full cream milk,butter,cheese ,evaporated milk depending on what I am cooking.Strangely enough my mother is able to eat ryvitas.I hope this helps a little.

Hi

my husband is 12 months post surgery, and we have found that ‘wet’ food is the way to go. Mince based cottage pie, everything with lots of gravy!.

my yuans did had his feeding tube in for 9 months before he wa stable enough to have it removed, and it is really fuel vs their energy levels. It has taken him a year to put on a stone in weight.

don’t give up, it’s hard, and sometimes things don’t go down so well or they will get dumping syndrome , it really is two steps forward and one back, make sure he take his anti-sickness and just anything you can get down him x

That's interesting and helpful, thank you WhittyKitty. Interesting to know that with you the feeding tube stayed for 9 months. Also, my hubby doesn't have any anti-sickness meds, so we should get that. He literally cannot stand the taste (and will not eat) anything except tomato soup and vanilla milkshake at the moment (he's even gone off eggs), so it is a very restricted diet indeed.

I've just googled 'dumping syndrome'. Why the hell did no one tell us about this? Hubby spent the whole weekend with uncontrollable bowel movements. And now I know why....

It's a long long journey. Oncologist told us he should be feeling better 2-3 weeks after treatment. Not sure what planet he's on!

Thanks again, Creina

Thanks Deb, these do sound like good ideas. I have discovered cream! So that is good, but bacon, cheese, gravy etc make him nauseous. Will aim to get some anti-nausea medication this week.

My husband had his stomach removed and a small section of his oesophagus in January. He lived on puréed food and smoothies for the first 4 weeks - I added food supplements and marvel milk powder to the smoothies to add calories. He ate really small portions but every 2-3 hours. 

• He finished his post operative chemo 3 weeks ago and is now really tired - not sure whether this is still the chemo affecting him or whether he has allowed himself to deflate now the treatment is over, or a mixture of both?