What would you do to help breast cancer patient with the fiber consumtion?
Monday, May 10th, 2010 at
3:31 pm
She is a breast cancer patient stage1,and 32 years. She has received total mastectomy ( of the right breast) and chemotherapy. This patient is worried about her illness and she would like to prevent or control her illness.
I want to know how can I advice her for how much of Fiber consumtion that she need and which kind of food is best for her health?
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I assume she receives adjuvant chemo which cycles every 20 days, probably with carbo/cisplatin alone or in combination with paclitaxel.
I would advise a pretty normal, healthy diet. The only changes she should make concern foods that she no longer tolerates. For example, most people on chemo cannot tolerate spicy foods.
This type of chemo is also known to promote constipation. For that, having fruits, like prune, peaches and cherries is a good way to decrease the symptoms. If it does not work, she can be given some medication (Colace) to help her. Amount of fiber should be the same as normal, healthy diet.
If she is taking iron supplements to maintain a good red blood cell count, you should know that this also causes constipation. Iron in this form is especially difficult to digest and should be taken in last resort. For an alternative, digestive-system-friendly iron source, look for red meat, and livers (yeww, I know; think of it as medication!) of all kinds (I was recommended rabbit liver especially).
Also, she should eat often, and at fixed times, as her appetite allows. Chemo treatments often disturb the digestive system a lot, that’s why most people lose a lot of weight during treatment. Eating often also tends to diminish nausea after a treatment.
Hi,You may want to pass on this information to her. There is a nutritional product called Beta 1.3-D Glucan.It is a primary treatment for cancer in Asia.It triggers an immune response in the body,creating a system against viral,bacterial,fungal,parasitic or neoplastic(abnormal tissue growth) invaders.It helps people undergoing radiation or chemotherapy by boosting the immune system.You can find complete data at http://www.dna911.info This nutritional product may help her to control her illness.
I finished chemo a cople of months ago. I am a few years younger than your patient, but close in age. I would recommend those tiny fruit cups with peaches and pears and tiny pieces of cooked carrots and small servings of peas. Eating in small servings was a lot more tolerable for me when I was on AC. I also really enjoyed cheese and caesar salad.
Hope that helps.