Hello. I've come across this forum as I'm feeling at a loss. My partners mum is going through chemotherapy for breast cancer.

She has always been extremely independent and keeps herself to herself. She lives by herself and has always had issues eating and drinking when alone.

Since starting chemotherapy back in February she's had altered taste and has gone off food and drink She always liked. Instead of finding an alternative she just won't drink anything 

She's currently in hospital with explosive diarrhoea and dehydration.  We knew it was coming but she didn't take advice from the nurses at the hospital from initial assessment (I attended for this and she asked me to write it all down so she remembers).

She's just eating occasional ice cream. Hardly drinking, boarking up her medications.

She's back on a drip now and had a few sips to drink while we visited.  She's hopeful she's going home this week but we don't know how best to support her.

I am a nurse and I look after very complex poorly people and I know that ice-cream isn't useful long term for her body to heal.

Thankyou for reading