Problems eating post treatment

Hi Well done in hubby completes g treatment . Recovery is a slow process, I found 6 smaller meals a day instead of trying 3  meals easier. Lots of soups gravies sauces ,ice cream  jellies custards.  I went in the lines of nursery food for a while was easier. Meats were hard  fish was easier…aAlso follow food with a warmer drink I used herbal tea instead of water all the time  

My blog below has some info that might help  there’s links to other sites there as well.

Hazel 

Good evening Janene123, great to hear your husband got through the treatment, hope it was not too bad for him as we all react differently to the treatment. Swallowing is a very common side effect mainly due to a lack of saliva in many cases but the saliva glands do make a good recovery this is why he finds it easier when he sips water. The throat could still be inflamed from the radiotherapy so as Hazel mentioned smaller, softer and wetter meals should help. Wishing you all the best and hope your husbands swallow returns to some sort of normality. Take care.

                                                                                       Chris x

Hi Janene

I had a similar problem and was advised to eat smaller meals more often as has been suggested.  Hopefully swallowing will become.less difficult as your husband recovers from treatment. 

Is your husband having any fortified liquid meal substitutes in case he's not taking in enough calories?

Linda x

Exercises too. Does your husband have swallowing exercises from his speech and language team? 

hi, Janene it's good to see that your husband has finished his treatment, and on his way to recovery. I found porridge quite easy to eat when things were hard to swallow, made with full cream milk, lots of cream and honey, so it does have a good amount of calories which he needs. All in all  it sounds like he's coming along quite good.

Regards Ray..