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1. Hi welcome to our small community group. Yes it’s a fact we need to eat at the end of week 3 I couldn’t swallow enough calories so I had a n g tube fitted. It was a life saver for me I had it in for 6 weeks. All my medication went via the tube plus 3 litres of water. Honestly it’s nothing to fear our bodies need nutrition and hydration to help us get through treatment and more importantly recovery.
   Plus weight loss can impede treatment if the mask no longer fits please complete him to have the tube if the nurses think he needs it. My tube enabled me to make a giid recovery much quicker. It’s hard when you can’t take food orally I’ve been there. Plus they could well admit him if he’s dehydrated.you could try poached eggs jelly’s etc that slip  but he will struggle if he  can’t get enough calories 

1. my blog below explains my treatment and no tube fitting. 
   good luck let us know how he gets on 

Hazel 

Thank you ! He has a feeding tube fitted , and uses it fir medicines . But the fortisip drinks still make him sick even when using the tube

Hi sorry dudnt realise he already had a tube.  You can ask the team tk change the feeds you can get ensure of I had a ready made one by fresnius you can get lactose free as well. I found my tummy shrunk so I had to feed little and often which helped . Some system j was feeding mist if day in and off until I found a balance 

hazel 

Hi wig, Has he been given and anti sickness pills to help with this? If he hasn't ask the team for some, if he has ask if there are any others they could give him, which might help. Try and get him to put plenty of water through his feeding tube. Is he having over night feeds through his feeding tube?

Regards Ray.

Hi and welcome. I had awful nausea from the morphine. Metoclopramide did help but there are better drugs. 
If the Fortisips are upsetting him then ask the dietician to suggest something else. There are alternatives. 
There is nothing wrong with being fed by pump. I had an overnight feed which is really easy to cope with. The pumps are portable so it’s easy to get to the loo at night. I slept in the spare room. It left me free all day to play with other food and not bother too much with HAVING to eat. It is worth thinking about. 

Hi,

I was completely peg fed for a few weeks. I got sick at one point and moved to half an Ensure every couple of hours because stomach just couldn't take a full one. Also had oxetacine and antacid on top of my daily Lansoperazol. Even though I wasn't swallowing at one point, it stopped the reflux that made me sick. 

Maybe try different flavours or as others have said something else. Have you been given a number for dietician? Give them a call.

Hope you find something that works. 4 weeks done, so he's getting there. Stick with us for any tips.

Take care, Ronnie 

Hi he has anti sickness, he’s not got overnight feeds yet. This might be the next step. Thanks xx

Thank you xx

The anti sickness meds we are all started on the cheapest ask fir others as there’s so many on here who have needed to have them changed and noticed big improvement s. 
hazel x

Hi wig, once he starts having over night feeds, it will take away alot of the worry about not eating. It is very easy to set up and very portable. I used it for several weeks.

Regards Ray.