Post #3878177
2026-07-16 18:12 UTC
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@charette@mstdn.ca 2026-07-17 06:16
@grimalkina@mastodon.social Would bring my dad his favourite Tim's coffee during the lengthy chemo sessions and blood transfusions, thinking it would warm him up and make him happy. Until one day he told me it was very inconvenient, because when hooked up to tubes he couldn't easily get up and go to the bathroom after drinking the coffee. So file this under things not to do instead of something to do. Everyone in chemo would show up with blankets, knitted hats, sweaters, etc. It is common to always feel cold. I forget if my father would say that the chemo, the blood transfusion, or both were administered cold. E.g., the bags of fluids were stored in a fridge before they were administered.
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@rmi@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-17 10:16
@grimalkina@mastodon.social Food has no moral value and there’s no such thing as healthy eating when malnutrition is a risk factor. The simplest, densest, most addictive sugary things you can find should be falling out of your pockets every time you turn around. Have like six different kinds. Some days just choking down a Werthers Original is a win. If the treatment protocol also includes steroids then that person is going to feel like death during the day and weirdly hungry and energetic at 3AM while you need to sleep. People don’t want to be a burden and so they will not cook meals at 3AM, even when they should. Leave appetising, sugar-rich prepared foods lying around. Pop-tarts can be silently toasted, instant oatmeal just needs boiling water. Ultra-processed shelf stable garbage snacks are great because it can sit around for months if necessary and still be safe to eat cold in the middle of the night.