What to eat post radiotherapy

Sorry to hear your having difficulty with chewing and swallowing and having to rely on a soft diet 2 years on but glad to see you’ve found ways to make it work for you. 

I like the idea of quiche as something different and also adding vegetables to the soup I wouldn’t have thought of that thank you

Thanks Hazel, more great ideas I’ve brought some roasting bags for cooking meat in when I’m ready to make sure it’s as moist as possible and definitely plenty of gravy. I will take it one day at a time try something if it doesn’t work leave it and go back to it in a few weeks time. 

I am now 18 months since my last sessions and I lost my teeth after my first sessions I found having cheese mash, corned beef hash, scrambled eggs with a few herbs and spices and found fish easy to eat

keep thinking positively it does get better 

terry

I posted this a couple of weeks ago.  It may give you some food for thought (sorry!!)

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I am now 9 months post radiotherapy and I am still reliant on Ensure Shakes for nutrition. I can manage a small amount of meat but after a couple small portions it just all turns to mush in my mouth and I have to spit it out. I do find that I cam manage Cup-A-Soups very well plus homemade soup that has been mashed.

That’s pants, Bob. Nine months and still struggling. What do your dieticians/SLT suggest ? 

Beesuit said:

That’s pants, Bob. Nine months and still struggling. What do your dieticians/SLT suggest ?

Dani,

I haven't really spoken to my support team since January but I have tried a couple of saliva solutions, suggested by my GP; with the most recent being the "Saliveze", suggested by the dental consultant at my recent review, that I mentioned in another post here.

It is quite frustrating not being able to enjoy my food as well as I would like  but, hey-ho.

Is it lack of saliva or not being able to swallow? 

Beesuit said:

Is it lack of saliva or not being able to swallow?

A bit of both really. The saliva that I am producing is quite thick/heavy and does help to break down the food and this stops me from swallowing.

When mine was like that my trick was to take a tiny sip of warm tea with the food. That acted like saliva and often I didn’t need to chase it down with a drink. Eating still leaves me with bits in my mouth I have to flush out.