"The Joneses" <famjones@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> "Janet B." <nospam@cableone.net> wrote in message
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>> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>>> My brother just had half a lung removed this morning due to cancer.
>>> They
>>> won't know until next week what the course of treatment will be (chemo,
>>> radiation, etc.). He may have a hard time being able to eat food.
>
> (clipped a lot)
>
> Get some bottles of
>> vitamin water. It can be consumed a little at a time. Get several
>> different flavors. Check with the hospital dietician. He/she will be
>> able to guide you and also have booklets of recipes. If I think of
>> anything else. I'll write more.
>> Janet
> I got to thinking - frozen berries are strongly antioxidant and
> flavorsome as well. A person could put a few berries on cottage cheese
> or nibble them nice and cold. Does Bro have a blender? You might
> make him some soothing smoothies, sweet to taste. Throw in some
> extra powdered milk or protein powder to help with recovery.
> Or tofu when he's not looking... :0
> Have a little cheese already cut into small pieces. Maybe some
> string cheese we pack in lunches, that's pretty mild. I don't like the
> low fat versions, they aren't too fatty to begin with.
> Thanks for the discussion, things I need to plan for also.
> Edrena
>
I ate so many scrambled eggs, I have no desire to ever eat another one. I
ate lots and lots of cheese with crackers. That's something that can be
nibbled. I got ferocious hunger attacks and that meant that I had to eat
NOW. (midnight, 3 a.m.) That's where the little pudding cups, etc. came in
handy. I also got some of those little packages of crackers with
cheese/peanut butter. I had never eaten any of this kind of thing before,
but they came in very handy.
Best wishes to you and family, Edrena.

I forgot to mention. . .the after surgery, but especially chemo/radiation,
the mind is just not the same for quite some time. It is difficult to think
and memory is really iffy. I mean, like, you get up out of your chair and
have no idea why. I started keeping a pencil and paper beside the bed to
help me. Every person that I have talked to about chemo/radiation and to a
lesser extent surgery, volunteers info about 'chemo brain.' Don't stress
about it, it will get better but it takes time and you may never get back to
what you were, but you will be able to function very well.
Janet