Dear all,

My husband has Stage 4 colon cancer with secondaries in the liver.  He was admitted to hospital yesterday to drain fluid from his abdomen (ascites), as after a slow build-up it built up very suddenly to 9 month pregnancy proportions...  I just wondered if anyone had experience of this - after they have drained the fluid how likely is it to recur?  I have read that a diet higher in protein can help prevent recurrence but does anyone have experience of something that actually works?  It's so difficult to encourage a cancer patient to eat at the best of times - if you add the nausea which comes with ascites it gets even harder.

Expat