My partner is now beginning week 3 after radiotherapy treatment for cancer in tonsil and lymph gland. He has struggled, but managed without feeding tubes. He is not getting enough hydration or nutrition from 4 fortisips a day and about half a litre of water, but that is all he can manage to get down. It’s a combination of awful taste, unacceptable texture, and most recently thick gluey saliva which makes it very difficult to swallow anything. He has tried saline nebuliser, which worked a bit to begin, and salt water mouthwash. Has anyone got other ideas, we feel he needs to find ways to get down more soon.
For thick saliva try sparkling water. Apart from that it’s time to use a feeding tube. Why struggle?
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Edit. I looked back at your last posts and I read he hasn’t a feeding tube. How is his weight?
Can he drink a smoothie? You can make up high protein high carb smoothies from banana avocado and nut butter. That might be easier to swallow than thin fortisip
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
