My 79 year old dad had a partial gastrectomy mid July. He’s been on a limited diet since diagnosis at the start of the year and was not a big man weighing around 11 stone. Prior to surgery and after chemo he was down to 9.5 stone and post surgery he is now 8 stone. Not seeing the consultant until early Sept.
Although the op was successful he’s struggling to adapt to the new routine and will have three nutritional drinks a day (no more) and the odd small meal. My mum is trying to add high fat, high protein to the meals but he’s now saying he doesn’t want that. He’s doing a lot of sleeping during the day and is awake at night. Not doing much walking at all as he is so weak. He’s depressed, angry and not very positive.
We are all finding it distressing and it feels like he’s wasting away.
Is this normal? We feel we’re doing all we can. Are we expecting too much too soon?
