Four Months Out

Hi Shona

Welcome back

For your dad it's just a question of time and trying out different foods

It's still early days 

It was six months before I began to enjoy my food and a year before I was happy with my taste and appetite.

4 months is quite early in recovery, your dad is doing very well, taste issues vary person to person, should keep improving over the next few months as should the tongue issue and weight, has your Dad's dietitian advised on protein supplements? Dry throat is still with me 2 years on although not as bad as it was.

Hi Shona, we are not all the same, so healing doesn't have a time scale, it was about a year before I was eating anywhere near normal. It's best to try different foods to see what he can eat; it can change from week to week, he will get there, it's just a matter of time.

Ray.

Thank you! So helpful. Really appreciate it and hope you’re well! Definitely helpful to hear it’s still early days.

They haven’t advised on protein supplements! Is there something we should consider? And glad to hear it’s still early - thank you! Hope you are well.

Thanks so much, Ray! You are so right on the different foods. Thank you and hope you are keeping well!

Supplements can help stabilize weight/add weight, dietitian will advise.

I am doing well, recovery takes time, as others will tell you we embark on a new normal after treatment, we adapt.