Gastric Cancer Support Group

I have to crush my husband's pills with a mortar and pestal. Some medicines I can get in liquid form. It's definitely a problem. It makes me mad that his heartburn medicine is so excessively expensive in powder form!

Foods are very much trial and error. I puree all kinds of soups, adding my own fresh vegetables and adding protein powder. I use low-sodium chichen broth for the liquid. I also make cream soups with evaporated milk but find He now needs to take the lactase enzyme. Another pill to crush! I also puree cooked oatmeal with brown sugar, a dash of cinnamon, vallilla yogurt and a banana.

I have trouble taking pills whole also and my husband has found pill crushers for me at Walgreens and CVS. They work wonderful and even have a little compartment that holds a few days worth of meds. I carry my pills and pill crusher with me every where. I mix the crushed pills in with applesauce. They have the one serving travel paks and I just put my pill crusher and some applesauces in my purse and I'm good to go! I use the large jars of applesauce at home.

jmsugar- thank you so much for the food ideas... the oatmeal puree sounds yummy.

I have also discovered tofu. It is soft and can be mushed and is full of protein and it takes up flavors nicely. A little tofu and rice is nice. The rice doesn't get stuck.

I love smoothies. Some are just way to sweet and make me sick but the ones at McDonalds are very good. Sometimes I ask for the banana to be left out just to change things up!