• melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    Are there any appetite stimulants (ie medication) that might work? Or is it something else?

    I’m sorry you and she are going through this

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      There are but it’s another layer of drugs that I’m not sure she’ll be receptive to. I think the main problem is her mouth and pain. She has a bunch of mouth numbing things but… refusal… grr.

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        13 days ago

        Oh that explains it. If going for a tube a temporary nasogastric tube is an option that’s less scary or permanent than the abdominal stoma route.

        It depends but thin strained soups can possibly go through the tube as long as the food is going to the stomach for digestion. If directly into the small intestine probably not