Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Very much appreciated. 

Had a difficult few days with food. He is really struggling and even the nutritional prescription  drinks don't seem to be agreeing with him. It's as if they are just lying in his stomach instead of passing through easily.He is belching many hours after having them and reporting that he can still taste the drink. I will freeze some a la ice cream and see if he will have them but I think he is off them now because of the belching.  

This time last year I was following my beloved dog around with all sorts of tempting food to try to get her to eat. Husband now says he knows how badgered she felt :(  Trying not to let food become a huge issue but I'm constantly thinking about how to get calories into him as he is now barely 11 stone and at 6'2" that's just so worrying

Netty

Hi Netty

For some reason had missed your last post on this thread!  I can see that a few days have passed since you mentioned his belching but just wanted to mention that this was something my hubby suffered from in the early days of using the prescribed shakes. We spoke to his support team and they recommended making them slighly thinner in the hope they would be easier to digest.  Also not to drink them all down in one go but a few slurps at a time.  Not sure if your husband likes mints but hubby used these quite a bit (as well as jelly babies and fruit drops to help with after taste issues).

I know from experience how difficult it is to switch off from being a food and drink nag (hubby's consultant was more than happy for him to continue with a little alcohol if he felt like it as any calories were a bonus  no matter how they went down!!). It was just so hard, and for me frustrating that I could do nothing to 'make things better'.  Hopefully when the treatment is complete his appetite may return a bit When breathlessness was an issue (gulping air in does not help with the belching issues) he was  given slow breathing techniques to try and help so may be worth mentioning this at his next appointment to see if they have any helpful hints (you may have already done this of course).  Chat again soon. Jules

Hi Netty

For some reason had missed your last post on this thread!  I can see that a few days have passed since you mentioned his belching but just wanted to mention that this was something my hubby suffered from in the early days of using the prescribed shakes. We spoke to his support team and they recommended making them slighly thinner in the hope they would be easier to digest.  Also not to drink them all down in one go but a few slurps at a time.  Not sure if your husband likes mints but hubby used these quite a bit (as well as jelly babies and fruit drops to help with after taste issues).

I know from experience how difficult it is to switch off from being a food and drink nag (hubby's consultant was more than happy for him to continue with a little alcohol if he felt like it as any calories were a bonus  no matter how they went down!!). It was just so hard, and for me frustrating that I could do nothing to 'make things better'.  Hopefully when the treatment is complete his appetite may return a bit When breathlessness was an issue (gulping air in does not help with the belching issues) he was  given slow breathing techniques to try and help so may be worth mentioning this at his next appointment to see if they have any helpful hints (you may have already done this of course).  Chat again soon. Jules