Guest guest Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Hi all, just wanted to share and be comforted. My wife of 19 yrs was diagnosed with colorectal in Aug. She has had 3 surguries so far. She wears a colostomy and just got her cathader removed on dec5 and is now peeing on her own. I have done some research and have talked to my mom who is a health nut and she and everyone else say diet is the best thing to change for the good of the body. Carol, my wife, loves sugar and when i tell her that cancer lives in a sugar environment she tells me that i am picking on her. this is hard for me i can only imagine how hard it is for her. she gets here colostoy reversed hopfully in early jan and then chem in feb. Any thoughts or help any one can give would be surely appreciated. thanks for listening Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Hello Doug, I am sorry to hear of your wife's illness and can relate as my husband was diagnosed in September with CC. Regarding the diet I am not so sure that there is definite evidence of what to eat or not to eat when you have cancer. It seems to me that the dietary evidence is more about cancer prevention. I have agonized on this one myself but don't want to make my husband's days miserable by limiting his food. He does now have mostly organic food but we exclude nothing. I aim to provide a healthy and well-balanced diet that he enjoys and wants to eat. It is very important that your wife eats as much as she can manage so that she keeps her strength up. With all the surgery she has had then carbohydrates would be important for her energy so she might well want more sugar than normal. If you go to this site www.cancerbacup.org.uk you can find some dietary advice that is sensible and presumably well researched. Alternative therapies and diets abound for cancer but nothing is certain about these. Any desire to try them would really have to come from your wife herself. Cancer is upsetting enough without having to feel deprived regarding food. I know it is difficult when we just want our beloved partners to get well and to do our very best for them. However, the choices about their treatment and food are ultimately, I feel, theirs to make. Take care, Fran > > Hi all, just wanted to share and be comforted. My wife of 19 yrs was > diagnosed with colorectal in Aug. She has had 3 surguries so far. She > wears a colostomy and just got her cathader removed on dec5 and is now > peeing on her own. I have done some research and have talked to my mom > who is a health nut and she and everyone else say diet is the best > thing to change for the good of the body. Carol, my wife, loves sugar > and when i tell her that cancer lives in a sugar environment she tells > me that i am picking on her. this is hard for me i can only imagine > how hard it is for her. she gets here colostoy reversed hopfully in > early jan and then chem in feb. Any thoughts or help any one can give > would be surely appreciated. > > thanks for listening > Doug > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Doug, I am so sorry that your wife is going through this. This board io=s a good place to go for support and information. Sounds like your wife is getting stronger. God Bless Her!!!! As for the sugar feeding cancer?? There are many pro's and con's on this. Your body turns everything you eat into a form of sugar one way or another. So the answers to that is hard to say. Some feel that it does and some feel that it is not true. I myself feel that a little sugar in moderation if fine. It is almost impossible to avoid sugar completely. Seems to me so many have different feelings on the theory. Right now would think your wife is needing good nutricion to build herself up again. Three surgeries is so hard on her body. She needs to eat well to get her strength back. I applaud your concerns and care for her. You sound like a wonderful caregiver. Please come back and post often and let us know how your wife is doing. Ingrid > > Hi all, just wanted to share and be comforted. My wife of 19 yrs was > diagnosed with colorectal in Aug. She has had 3 surguries so far. She > wears a colostomy and just got her cathader removed on dec5 and is now > peeing on her own. I have done some research and have talked to my mom > who is a health nut and she and everyone else say diet is the best > thing to change for the good of the body. Carol, my wife, loves sugar > and when i tell her that cancer lives in a sugar environment she tells > me that i am picking on her. this is hard for me i can only imagine > how hard it is for her. she gets here colostoy reversed hopfully in > early jan and then chem in feb. Any thoughts or help any one can give > would be surely appreciated. > > thanks for listening > Doug > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 My thought is that you are indeed picking on her. I'm sure you mean well, but I really haven't seen any credible medical reports that sugar worsens cancer. If that was the case, I'd certainly be dead by now. Your wife needs to eat and be happy. She is going to have chemo, which will likely be unpleasant and she is better off eating what she wants than having her diet restricted by " health nuts " as you call them. > > Hi all, just wanted to share and be comforted. My wife of 19 yrs was > diagnosed with colorectal in Aug. She has had 3 surguries so far. She > wears a colostomy and just got her cathader removed on dec5 and is now > peeing on her own. I have done some research and have talked to my mom > who is a health nut and she and everyone else say diet is the best > thing to change for the good of the body. Carol, my wife, loves sugar > and when i tell her that cancer lives in a sugar environment she tells > me that i am picking on her. this is hard for me i can only imagine > how hard it is for her. she gets here colostoy reversed hopfully in > early jan and then chem in feb. Any thoughts or help any one can give > would be surely appreciated. > > thanks for listening > Doug > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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