Postby claudine » Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:21 am
If there's one thing this damn disease has taught me, is just how individual it is, and how little we know about its mechanisms, really... DH had Crohn's, which is an autoimmune disease (and may have been at the start of his cancer, we'll never know). He hasn't had an attack in about 30 years, but had a Crohn's damaged section of small intestine (which was resected 3 years ago).
In terms of diet he's not doing anything special - but he loves to cook, and we love ethnic food, so lots of currys and tagines rich in spices; he makes everything from scratch, nothing pre-processed, lots of fresh vegetables. And since he doesn't care for sweets, he doesn't eat much processed sugar either. He does love wine and drinks a lot of it, which worries me, but at least it's good wine, ha! We asked his onc about diet, and from the very start he made it clear that it wouldn't make a huge difference. I know there's lots of strong opinions on that topic, with people suggesting all kinds of diets (keto, vegetarian, etc), but I'm not sure that any single one has proven effective. As long as the diet is reasonable healthy... Food can be an important source of joy!
Wife of Dx 04/18 (51 yo). MSS, KRAS G12A, no primary
Tumors: L4 04/18; left adrenal gland & small lung nodules 03/19
rectum 02/22 (pT3 pN0 stage 2A); L3 09/22
Surgeries: intestinal resect. 05/18 (no cancer - Crohn's); adrenalectomy 02/20
L3-L4-L5 fusion and corpectomy 05/20; LAR 04/22; ileo reversal 09/22
L2-L3 fusion and corpectomy 09/22
Treatments: EBRT 04/18; SBRT 02/19; Failed adjuvant Xelox ; Folfiri/Avastin 03/19 - 01/20
adjuvant chemorad (Xeloda) 06/22; SBRT 11/22; Xeloda/Avastin since 01/24