- Home
- Forums
- Cancer Forum
- Living with cancer
- What's your “safe meal” when eating feels impossible with cancer?
Patients Cancer
What's your “safe meal” when eating feels impossible with cancer?
- 13 views
- 0 support
- 1 comment
All comments
Ruby3512
Ruby3512
Last activity on 11/26/2025 at 9:11 AM
Joined in 2023
I like to joke I haven't eaten in 3 years. In all seriousness my appetite is gone. Starting the day after treatment nausea is real. My dietician suggested cold foods, and plastic silverware they do seem to help as temperature wise hot foods are a no go completely for me. I have all the nausea meds but they seriously barely work. My friends aunt told me to try Preggo pops and they work better then the medications. They are morning sickness candies got mine at Walmart I did check and Amazon carries them too. Also found Life Savers wintergreen help with the metallic taste treatment leaves. Good luck everyone fighting the fight!!
See the signature
LAJ
Give your opinion
Survey
Survey
Members are also commenting on...
DCline3dogs
I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
See the best comment
DCline3dogs
I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
See the best comment
Articles to discover...
Medication fact sheets - patient opinions...
Subscribe
You wish to be notified of new comments
You have been subscribed
Somya.P
Community managerGood advisor
Somya.P
Community manager
Last activity on 11/26/2025 at 11:29 AM
Joined in 2023
810 comments posted | 31 in the Cancer Forum
24 of their responses were helpful to members
Rewards
Good Advisor
Contributor
Messenger
Explorer
Friend
Hi everyone 💛 How are you feeling today?
Cancer treatments like chemo or radiation can really affect your appetite, taste, and digestion, and on some days, even the idea of food can feel overwhelming.
💬 So let’s talk about it:
@sherry494 @Donnam @Dana510 @germanshepird @patty48 @Jenann @berenice @azladybug45 @LeeAnnMerrimon @Jlcw11 @Mindysue @IGotThis @TammyChurch @shhiggins326 @Ld25597 @Javiersolorzano @royroosevelt @TonyAM @marifurby @chuprin @Cancer2019 @Mk1963 @noonanpatsy @Ashabdirahman7 @Ibrock324 @Nellismel @DDTaylor @gommer1 @Smolls @LisaKent @Marcied @Medebar @mdethardt @Driggs09 @choserjake @Ivymaxwell @Waldo13 @joness16med @2BYourOwnHero @nancey @Beth2004 @KAREN3 @#Netta1 @Michelles @Shewchik @gamboam92 @katt62 @wildfry @nikat315 @Rainyralynn @Mimi1228 @Diane870 @SummerSnow @Janetmaday @Lill55 @LyncC @Karens730 @JanelleS @MyLove23 @Positivevibes @Cstroup2126 @fairgal48 @MIMIdwina @Csuefra @shawndabr @Sleepyhead @Sarajane @Faith7150 @yes41210 @Nancy52 @Missheathere @Thomasine @Andrew1972 @Lovingourgrandboys @Wrightadam33 @Missleya @Crickets100 @Lumarl2 @carolynscottage @MWallace @Bromom325 @Kaybrewster @Rebel45086 @MawMaw4 @Udcsdlb @Kathymcco @jmayo4551 @TerilynUSA @Kim761 @CathyDouglass @johnnielj @KikiGoodman @docein @ishlicense @Smileforever @Sidkid @Handera @frkelly74 @rts222 @JackWomack
Eating well during and after treatment can be a real challenge, but we’re all learning from each other. 💬
Take care,
Somya from the Carenity team 🌼