Srilatha, a 49 years old lady, was diagnosed with stomach cancer with stage 4 malignancy. While she was undergoing her treatment with an onco-specialist in Bangalore, she was suffering with severe side effects. She complained of abdominal pain, nausea, vomits, and body pains. She was unable to consume anything orally and was put on intravenous fluids.
During cancer treatment, you might need to change your diet to help build up strength and withstand the effects of the treatment. This may mean eating things that aren’t normally recommended when in good health. For instance, you might need high-fat, high-calorie foods to keep up the weight, or thick, cool foods like ice cream or milk shakes due to sores in the mouth and throat that make it hard to eat anything. The type of cancer, ongoing treatment, and side-effects of the treatment must be considered when trying to figure out the best ways to get the nutrition your body needs.
Cancer diagnosis is always devastating for the patient and the family. But this is where the long and often arduous journey starts. The curative treatment runs its own course and during this time the patient battles physically, mentally, and emotionally with the illness.
