Role of Nutrition in Accelerating Cancer Recovery
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2023
- In this video, we're going to discuss how nutrition can help you recover from your treatments faster! By following a nutritious diet and supplementing with the right nutrients, you can help your body bounce back faster and cancer can be a thing of the past.
If you're looking for information on how to recover from cancer, then this video is for you! By following our advice on nutrition, you'll be on your way to a a speedy recovery from your treatments!
A well-balanced diet can help you maintain your strength, reduce side effects, and promote healing. In fact, studies have shown that cancer patients who maintain a healthy diet have a better chance of recovery and a lower risk of recurrence. So, it's crucial that we pay attention to what we eat during this journey.
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Going under the knife next Monday! Looks like they are taking every lymph node from my tonsils to my clavicle. Wish me luck. Your channel looks like exactly what I need to help prepare. Thanks dude. 👍
Good luck Ryan and thank you for the kind words! Keep us updated on your progress!
Lee
Thank you Lee for another great video!! I found your channel back in June when I was diagnosed with stage 3 laryngeal cancer and learned a lot from your video's, all done with chemo and radiation blasts, have a PEG tube now but keep losing weight, I'll try some smoothies with strawberries and real ice cream 😅
Keep the video's coming! Eating is the most important thing to do ,even tho it tastes terrible, hopefully my taste bud's come back along with saliva glands, tired of constant dry mouth.
God bless you Lee 🙏
Hi Carol,
Thank you for the kind words. I love hearing that someone has gotten something out of the videos. I would definitely recommend the smoothies etc and also to run the smoothies through the stomach tube with full cream or double cream milk. Thin them out quite a bit with some water to get them down the tube easier. Also check with your oncologist to see if they recommend a high calorie protein drink or powder to mix in? But definitely eat "normally" when you can to get everything back to working gorder!
Lee
Thanks, Lee. Great video. I am opposite in your journey. I am 4 months out from treatment and weaning down on the tube feeds. I find many foods taste blan, I could not eat citrus at first, I still can't take hot beverages. The lack of saliva is a joykill for me. Limits me to moist and soft. I am working on getting healthy foods in. I lost a few going back to work, but have maintained the past few weeks.
Hi Susan,
Yeah, the bland food thing may last a bit. i know mine did. But keep going, you will feel the taste buds starting to come back. Keep the healthy stuff going in and a bit of walking/exercise to keep the bllod flowing!
Lee
BTW - If you area tea or coffee drinker, try starting off with thee drink at just barely warm and build up to a nice hot bev!
Hi guys ...50 days after thorat radiation...feeling much better... mouth doesn't burn....no taste😢😢... spicy food big no.... medical reports ..clean chit ....god bless
It really took me about 4-6 months before I felt like taste buds were getting back to normal. My saliva came back about 50-60%. by about 8 months or so.
Just going through HPV 16 6 cemos 35 radiation sessions 2 left . Your videos are a real help .Thank you ! Ontario Canada .
Hey User,
Thank you for the kind comments. Good luck on your final radiation sessions. I hope your recovery goes smoothly. How are you feeling now?
Lee
Thank you so much 🙏
You are very welcome! I appreciate you saying that.
Lee
hey lee how goes it? just writing to ask about how you are doin pain wise? meaning do you have any pains in the neck or ear where they radiated you since treatment? i finished treatment 6 months ago had a clear pet scan since and just had the nav dx blood test a few weeks ago and that came back as negative. but i still get pain in the neck and every once in awhile feels like an earache like before treatment. doc says its normal get use to it. i was like wtf so i gotta feel all the time like cancer is coming back. let me know what youve been feelin like since treatment ended. appreciate it lee. great video by the way
Hi John,
My neck is a bit stiff. I have normal movement turning my head to the left, but turning to the right is down to 50 degrees or so. I seem to remember that for about a year after treatment I went to my ENT with a sore throat/ear ache a couple of times, but it went away. MY ENT did say that the pain was more than likely caused by the scarring that occurs due to the radiation, but should get better over time. I'm glad to say it did. As of now, no pain, just the dry mouth and about 80% taste.
Lee
Thanks Lee, that's about what I'm feeling right now appreciate the info. I so wish there was a way to turn off the thoughts and fears of recurrence but I guess that's part of the new norm. John
Same here, coming up on almost 6 months post treatment. have this phantom discomfort that comes on around the lymph node they radiated during treatment. they have told me that this is likely scar tissue and also tissue swelling under the surface (not so much that you can see it) that will come and go.
Can I ask when you started getting your strength back? I feel so weak after 30 days.
Hi Sean,
At the 3 week post treatment, I felt the absolute worst I had felt during the whole time. I want to say that I went to work with a trainer at the gym at about 8 weeks, post treatment, but with a lot of restrictions. At 30 days, I would recommend just short walks and buildup as you feel you can. Don't over do it.
Lee
@@theregularguy141 Thanks! I am doing a 3/4 to 1 mile stroll depending on how the legs feel that day. God Bless I wish you all the best.
Was your cancer HPV related? I had stage 2 HPV. Just finish my treatments at Dana Farber in Boston one month ago.
Hi Sean,
Yes, it was HPV 16 related. Congratulations on completing that treatment!! Keep us updated with the results when they come in. Here's hoping for a clear scan. BTW, what treatments did you have?
Lee
@@theregularguy141 5 weeks of radiation and once a week chemo. They did some type of DNA testing that showed I could do a lower treatment of radiation and chemo. Also one less week of regular treatment.
I got very lucky since the growth was in my throat blocking food. It was not internal. I was able to keep eating but it was hard. Nothing tasted good. I lived on boost and dinty moore. I know I was very lucky.
I wonder how the actor Stanely Tucci who was stage 4 can eat all that Italian food and not look like he is washing it down like I have to do with my food.
The original doctor I went to who removed most of the tumor wanted to open up my neck and remove 20 lymph nods on both sides of my neck. That is when I went to Dana Farber. Thank god I live near Boston.
I don't know what to eat ...any thing I try to eat .my mouth is in fire.....😢😢...
Try cream of wheat with strawberry ensure
Hi Sam,
Are you currently doing treatments or have you completed them? Also by your statement, I assume you do not have a PEG tube?
Lee
Thanks for your advice on getting a peg tube when I start my treatment, a friend of mine got one for his esophageal surgery he did well because of it now I feel can make that decision with confidence thanks
I don't have eny saliva
Yeah, that dry mouth syndrome is tough. I still only have about 40-50% of my saliva glands working... I drink a lot of water, especially with meals.
Lee
Hi, can you eat Meat now? Cut small pieces, eat slow...etc...thanks.
Hi Brian,
Yes I can! I was able to eat small pieces by mid-November 2021(treatment ended Sept 08, 2021) It was a slow process for me, but everyone responds differently. I still eat smaller pieces and chew a lot more as my swallowing is still restricted a small bit.
Lee
@@theregularguy141 Glad to hear that, take care. Thanks.