Hi all, looking for some advice. About a year and a half ago, my dad has whole stomach removed due to cancer. They created a false stomach from part of the bowel and joined everything up.
Since then, we've battled trying to figure it all out as he was discharged from the hospital with absolutely no information, referrals to dieticians or nutritionalists. We've just been trying to figure out what works on our own but now it's getting to the point where we don't know what to do anymore and I'm reaching out to see if anyone else is having the same experience and could perhaps give us some advice.
We've gotten past the point where he's getting his vitamins in injections, he's been perpetually on a long course of antibiotics to fight another unrelated condition, he receives dialysis 3 times a week and will often get a batch of antibiotics in at the end of these sessions. Over the last year, he's experienced the same problem that we've never been able to get to the bottom of. Nausea while eating. At this point, he's weighing less than 70kilos and is naught but skin and bone, absolutely no muscle tone whatsoever.
I know the advice after having the stomach removed, is 6-8 meals per day, right now, he's having about 3 mouthfuls of dinner and can't eat any more, sometimes manages toast in the morning and very lucky if he can even take a half mug of soup at lunch. He spends most of his time feeling a bit sick and it seems to get worse as soon as he starts to eat and then can't eat anything else. We've had another endoscopy done and it's came back that everything looks normal and clear. I'm also looking to buy him an intolerance test to see if he's developed any intolerances or allergies.
I'm at my wits end and we are getting absolutely nowhere with the hospital so I'm wondering if anyone out there has had a similar experience after this surgery and what else we could do to try and help him. Thanks in advance for any help