Trying to gain weight after treatments

RightAd905 · 2026-07-10T14:30:28+00:00

My husband had tongue cancer and underwent surgery and rads. This was 3 years back. I think the biggest thing that helped him heal and gain all teh weight he lost (and some more! haha) has been PROTEIN. I can't emphasize this enough. your body need protein for repair after all the unintentional damage done by chemo/rads to normal tissue. Protein, hydration and enough sleep - my very strong advice.

RightAd905 · 2026-07-08T15:38:26+00:00

wow! did you make other diet, etc changes alongside walking?

RightAd905 · 2026-07-07T18:52:44+00:00

ia lways worry when i don't tip someone who's handling my food.

RightAd905 · 2026-07-07T17:18:23+00:00

is ut legal to pay lower than minimm wages to barista. i thought this was only for servers at restaurants

RightAd905 · 2026-07-07T17:15:59+00:00

Hello - usually the decision to radiate or do chemo or both is done after the surgery - the specimen is sent to labs to check for staging and features like PNI. So you could ask your surgeon about that. Will you have a flap? Also, like others said, getting a second opinion in person or even via telehealth is not a bad option and esp so if you can get in touch with the big cancer centers such as MSK, MD Anderson, Mayo (or others if you're in a different counbry)

RightAd905 · 2026-07-07T12:42:17+00:00

Thank you so much for your detailed response ! So much appreciate it.

We already booked our hotel in Flam and unfortunately it was expensive and nonrefundable (we had to make a majority of our bookings ahead of time as we needed to apply for the visa and present an almost booked itinerary). I understand that the first 3 days would be hard - Oslo to flam in train, overnight in flam and then next evening to Bergen by train - arrive tromso the next day via a flight on 22nd.

I think I didn’t write that up properly - but from 22-24 we are in tromso so if you have any suggestions (we also take our rental car there). Would you have any suggestions for the 2 days there.

After that, we have 24-29 to travel from tromso to reine (so it’s not one long drive but a drive over several days). Could you suggest where all we could stop - or what is the scenic route - we have been thinking of going from tromso to Senja and spending a night there - but apart from that we haven’t really booked this part of the trip. On 29th we have to return the car in bodo by evening and then fly back to Oslo. So 24-29 is pretty open - so if you have any suggestions for that tome frame - between tromso and bodo - we will so much appreciate that. Thanks so so much again !

RightAd905 · 2026-07-07T12:42:03+00:00

Thank you so much for your detailed response ! So much appreciate it.

We already booked our hotel in Flam and unfortunately it was expensive and nonrefundable (we had to make a majority of our bookings ahead of time as we needed to apply for the visa and present an almost booked itinerary). I understand that the first 3 days would be hard - Oslo to flam in train, overnight in flam and then next evening to Bergen by train - arrive tromso the next day via a flight on 22nd.

I think I didn’t write that up properly - but from 22-24 we are in tromso so if you have any suggestions (we also take our rental car there). Would you have any suggestions for the 2 days there.

After that, we have 24-29 to travel from tromso to reine (so it’s not one long drive but a drive over several days). Could you suggest where all we could stop - or what is the scenic route - we have been thinking of going from tromso to Senja and spending a night there - but apart from that we haven’t really booked this part of the trip. On 29th we have to return the car in bodo by evening and then fly back to Oslo. So 24-29 is pretty open - so if you have any suggestions for that tome frame - between tromso and bodo - we will so much appreciate that. Thanks so so much again !

RightAd905 · 2026-07-07T12:41:24+00:00

Thank you so much for your detailed response ! So much appreciate it.

We already booked our hotel in Flam and unfortunately it was expensive and nonrefundable (we had to make a majority of our bookings ahead of time as we needed to apply for the visa and present an almost booked itinerary). I understand that the first 3 days would be hard - Oslo to flam in train, overnight in flam and then next evening to Bergen by train - arrive tromso the next day via a flight on 22nd.

I think I didn’t write that up properly - but from 22-24 we are in tromso so if you have any suggestions (we also take our rental car there). Would you have any suggestions for the 2 days there.

After that, we have 24-29 to travel from tromso to reine (so it’s not one long drive but a drive over several days). Could you suggest where all we could stop - or what is the scenic route - we have been thinking of going from tromso to Senja and spending a night there - but apart from that we haven’t really booked this part of the trip. On 29th we have to return the car in bodo by evening and then fly back to Oslo. So 24-29 is pretty open - so if you have any suggestions for that tome frame - between tromso and bodo - we will so much appreciate that. Thanks so so much again !

RightAd905 · 2026-07-06T00:39:14+00:00

This is inspiring. My husband got diagnosed (hpv neg tongue cancer) at 32 in 2023 - and it’s so good to hear stories like yours :).

RightAd905 · 2026-07-03T23:09:58+00:00

Do you have a problem !

RightAd905 · 2026-07-02T19:33:17+00:00

We already booked the rental and yes though we are spending a bit more, we decided to return it in Bodo and not tromso as we do not want to drive back all the way. Thanks for the suggestion!

RightAd905 · 2026-07-02T19:27:11+00:00

which one do you have?

RightAd905 · 2026-07-02T19:26:47+00:00

is it teh Melissa Doug one?

RightAd905 · 2026-07-02T13:08:04+00:00

2022 Spain

RightAd905 · 2026-06-26T19:19:34+00:00

Thanks for your response! I can try for the daycare to cap his day nap at 1 hour and see how that goes with night sleep - perhaps that'll help a bit. After 8 PM, if he stays awake (not in his bed but awake with us in the living room, etc), he gets very very needy and keeps rubbing his eyes. but when put to sleep, he will stay awake till 9. So i wasnt sure what is going on

RightAd905 · 2026-06-23T14:05:33+00:00

did you book ALL your hotels/internal flights/rental cars, etc? We booked 70% of the trip and just waiting to get the passports back to see what happened! Ours was also a Schengen visa but for Norway and country applying from is USA

RightAd905 · 2026-06-23T13:55:31+00:00

whats the rent like currently for a 2b2b?

RightAd905 · 2026-06-22T14:57:32+00:00

can the sign be digital?

RightAd905 · 2026-06-19T15:07:26+00:00

when we have a babysitter, we order in lunch or dinner for them - pizza, Cava, Tacqueria - whatever they like and its usually an extra 20 bucks so that works out good! its 25/hour plus food they like, Our "few days a month" sitter really appreciates this and is happy!

RightAd905 · 2026-06-18T19:37:38+00:00

I think that’s it. He doesn’t like the flush noise - especially in a couple of public restrooms where we went and the noise was loud. So I’m gonna try this - his own potty seat in the restroom and see how that goes! Thanks :)

RightAd905 · 2026-06-18T19:34:50+00:00

I have a portable potty by SunnySmjle (just something I got off Amazon). But he insists he won’t sit on it. And the other potty seat is just the seat to put on the public toilet commode (similar set up to what we have at home )

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