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Jackie07 · 02-27-2009, 01:03 AM

Maureen,

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Vickie is right. We love to hear stories from our sisters. And it is basically what this Board is for - so we can lend our support to each other.

I am throwing in 'Texas'-sized prayers for you. Have you checked with the doctors about how to deal with the GI problems? I was taking two different kinds of anti-emetic pills during chemo. They worked wonders. One thing you might want to try is to cook some plain rice soup. (half cup of rice with 2-3 cups of water) Because starch can be digested by our saliva - try to chew it well in your mouth, it will not require too much work on your stomach. And the 'soup' will replenish the lost fluid.

You can cook some sliced sweet potato in the rice soup to add flavor and fiber. You can also stir in an egg in the steaming rice soup in the bowl (without the sweet patato - add salt & pepper for flavor). Eat enough of it you might be able to gain some of the needed weight back. Also, have you tried to drink supplements like 'Ensure'? I know, it is too sweet, but it is easier on the stomach than vitamin pills.

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Jackie07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: "Love never fails." Posts: 5,808	Maureen, Thank you for sharing your experience. Vickie is right. We love to hear stories from our sisters. And it is basically what this Board is for - so we can lend our support to each other. I am throwing in 'Texas'-sized prayers for you. Have you checked with the doctors about how to deal with the GI problems? I was taking two different kinds of anti-emetic pills during chemo. They worked wonders. One thing you might want to try is to cook some plain rice soup. (half cup of rice with 2-3 cups of water) Because starch can be digested by our saliva - try to chew it well in your mouth, it will not require too much work on your stomach. And the 'soup' will replenish the lost fluid. You can cook some sliced sweet potato in the rice soup to add flavor and fiber. You can also stir in an egg in the steaming rice soup in the bowl (without the sweet patato - add salt & pepper for flavor). Eat enough of it you might be able to gain some of the needed weight back. Also, have you tried to drink supplements like 'Ensure'? I know, it is too sweet, but it is easier on the stomach than vitamin pills. __________________ Jackie07 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2 NICU 4.4 LB Erythema Nodosum 85 Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills CN 3 GKRS 52301 IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M Diastasis recti Tamoxifen B. scan Irrtbl bowel 1'09 Colonoscopy 313 BRCA1 V1247I hptc hemangioma Vertigo GI - > yogurt hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk DEXA 1/13 1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer. Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2) 10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule. "I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe Last edited by Jackie07; 02-27-2009 at 01:20 AM..