How much weight did you lose or have you lost during treatments?

MyLungCancer

I am down by 24 pounds so far and seem to still be losing. I thought I would stabilize and start gaining, but nothing yet. Still losing in spite of me drinking nutrition drinks and eating when I can.

GregP_WN

I lost 40 to 45 pounds during each dx. during the first 3, for this one I was expecting to lose it again but have only lost 15 pounds. So, sometimes you lose, other times you don't and we all take the treatments differently.

JaneA

Sometimes it's hard to eat when you feel queasy. Try to figure out why you aren't eating enough. Are you nauseated? Do you have mouth sores? Or do you not have any appetite? There are appetite stimulants that they can prescribe. Losing weight during treatment can lead to loss of muscle mass so do your best to enough. My oncologist told me that she didn't care what I ate just so I ate - I must confess that I sometimes ate a warm brownie and premium vanilla ice cream, but I made it through a year of treatment and am still NED five years later.

Bengal

I lost about 20 lbs over the course of treatment. I was overweight to begin with so wasn't too concerned. More concerned about lose of muscle mass. My oncologist prescribed maintenance physical therapy. It really helped and I would recommend it to anyone who is able.

LiveWithCancer

I never lost a single pound ... in fact, I gained. Since I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer, I have gained about 50 unwanted pounds. Part of that is because immunotherapy caused my thyroid to quit functioning properly. I can't lose a pound for love or money ... how I wish I could share some of my excess with you!! (I know that my oncologist completely ignores my weight gain - he is so happy to see plump instead of someone who has gotten much too thin - so I really hope you can find a way to put some pounds on...)

Shoeless

I gained 20 pounds due to the steroids in the chemo prep-pak making me hungry all the time and the anti-nausea meds doing a great job.

Paperpusher

Hubby was so sick from the chemo that he lost 60lbs. that's the lowest he's ever been in our 45 years of marriage. I wish I had taken a photo because I don't remember what he looked like with bald or too thin for his frame. He had the metallic taste in his mouth along with sores in his throat. I was feeding him milkshakes with marshmallow cream and protein shakes mixed in. He also ate gelato and the highest calorie ice cream I could find. He's diabetic but we were told to let him eat whatever tastes good.

EmpathAgain

I actually gained about 65 pounds from my chemo treatments the first time I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since I had no family history, was only 29, and my oncologist admitted that she hadn't really worked with younger breast cancer patients, she said they would do for me what they did for everyone else except much more aggressive regimen and longer. Well, it was too much for me. I could barely move.

I have stage 4 cancer now (showed no evidence of disease for about 2 years in between) and now that I am not on such a debilitating chemo regimen I can get up and move, so I've lost about 45 of those 65 pounds off,, Maybe even a little more, but it was crazy for me, because I had never heard of any other cancer patients gaining weight on their treatments (until towards the end of my treatments).