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My name is Tinrin Chew and I'm a Certified Oncology Dietitian at Alta Bates Summit Medical
Center.
As a Dietician, I wanted you to be aware that it is important to drink plenty of fluids,
eat healthy and maintain regular physical activities throughout your cancer treatment.
The goal of nutrition during your treatment includes preventing or reversing nutritional
deficiencies, preserving lean body mass, maintaining strength and energy, improving tolerance to
treatment, minimizing short-term and long-term treatment-related side effects and complications,
aiding in recovery and healing, enhancing quality of life.
If you are going through treatment, you may think that you need to drink lost of water
after chemotherapy. It is right that you need to drink fluids but you should also drink
a variety of liquids, for instance, soups, diluted fruit juices, water, or a protein
smoothie.
This way, you can keep you electrolytes in check and keep your energy level up. Sometimes
women may feel sicker and weak a few days after chemotherapy; their electrolytes may
just be a little low because they had been drinking too much water.
In fact, many women have said to me that just the thought of water turns them off. Try adding
a twist of lemon or some ginger syrup in your diluted fruit juice. Studies have shown that
ginger tea and protein drinks may reduce chemo induced nausea.
Drinking right is as important as eating right. An oncology dietitian can guide you through
your treatment by establishing the amount of fluids and type of fluids to drink after
chemotherapy.
She will provide you with diet guidelines for post chemotherapy and for recovery.
The dietitian will review your treatment, medical history, medications, lab results,
and vitamin/dietary supplements, and provide you with personalized nutrition recommendations.
Your personalized recommendations may include diet supplements to reduce treatment related
side effects.
You may come in with vitamin and diet supplements recommended by your friends and family members.
Some are good, and some aren’t. We can help you process through all these recommendations
to find out what is right for you.
As an oncology dietician, there is so much that we can do for you to help achieve an
optimal outcome.