What to eat during treatment

Hi there

Soft foods like custard, eggs, rice puddings and creamy desserts are easy to tolerate. He may find that his taste changes though around this time. Foods started to taste bitter and unpalatable around end of week 3 and I ended up just on supplement drinks. I didn’t have a PEG or NG tube so there were more calories in the drinks rather than the food I was eating. The tiny pots of Ambrosia rice are ideal. There’s probably about 3-4 tsp in one little pot so there’s no wastage. 

Sending hugs

Ally x

Banana/Avocado/peanut butter/ice cream or full fat milk shake. Packs in everything he needs in a small volume. 

I’m now 7 weeks post. There were a few weeks were I couldn’t even swallow water. For me it has improved quickly I can now pretty much eat anything including things like pizza and toast. Taste is lacking in most things but I have an appetite again. For a while I had zero desire to eat at all but it doesn’t last forever 

Little and often is good advice.  I found taking paracetamol about 30 mins before I ate helped with the pain.  What may work one day may not the next.  Things can change rapidly.

Tell him not to be a hero, but to take the fortisips and use the PEG.  I ate right up to the last day of RT then collapsed.  The clinicians wanted me to use the PEG much sooner and with the benefit of hindsight I do belive I should have done. 

Creamy foods and nothing acidic - for example no tomato soup or tomatoey sauces. I got on well with creamy porridge but then I'm Scottish!  Scrambled eggs, probably without the toast. I hated Fortisips - never did like sweet milky drinks - but putting ice in them and using a straw helped 

Make sure he’s getting sufficient calories as nutrition and hydration is vital during treatment and more so recovery. Add extra calories ti everything double cream into soups eggs avocados like Dani says. If or when swallow starts to be difficult start using the peg it’s there to help him. 
Trifle  custard , cream cakes.  Full fat milk high protein yoghurts. Porridge I found little and often rather than 3 meals a day both during treatment and recovery. 
 

Hazel