Hi all,
id like to ask what your go to drink during radiotherapy?
Did it change? Could you tolerate hot or cold towards the end?
many thanks x
Hi Herbal tea peppermint cooled to start with. Then I went on to Luke warm boiled tap water. Eventually I couldn’t cooperate with our tap water too much limescale we live in a hard water area. Now it’s bottled water by choice or filtered tap water as tap water nstraightbfor me is too harsh. Flat Diet Coke helped with mucus or soda water. Majority of my hydration went in via n g tube from week 6 so it didn’t mattter as I couldn’t swallow it. During treatment I aimed for zz2.5 litres daily niw I probably drink 1.5 litres
Hazel x
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Diet Coke and diet ginger ale. Warm water was ok too
Dani
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