How i gained weight during chemo - for paced =)

Was thinking back on how i managed to gain weight during chemotherapy after paced asked about it. Well... i remembered the nurses telling me that one of the challenges was that food will taste weird, vomiting and lost of appetite during chemo, however, food is what the body needs for it to recover from the chemo shots. Furthermore, unfortunately for me, the anti-vomiting pills was not really effective for me. Thus i vomit rather freely when i had the shots.

To ensure that my body get enough energy to fight the cancer cells, i typically have 6 FULL meals a day (though for the chemo period 4~7 days i would vomit out a lot) plus supplement liquid diet (the brand is 'Ensure' - which i puke out too, but it tastes better when puking cos it is chocolate =P). Even after the 'vomiting' period, i would be taking in lots of food + freshly blended fruits(DIY at home by me, or my mom when i am too weak)consisting of apples, pears (cooling for body), GUAVA (very good source of vitamins). Blended cos drinking it is faster and enable me to take in larger quantities of fruits (else how to consume 3 apples, 2 guavas and 2 pears in 5 mins) + easier to puke out too.

Partially ate so much as the chemo drugs also destroy the stomach lining, reducing its ability to absorb nutrients, vitamins etc. Thinking along that line, i decided to eat all day so that even with reduced ability, my stomach can absorb as much if i eat almost all the time.

But i would guess the main cause of the weight gain may be the fact that after chemo, i have no appetite for chinese food, but am ok with fried stuff, so it was either western food, KFC, Mac or sometimes BK for every meal for a few days in a row during the 'vomiting' period. Can still remember my birthday in 2004 when i just had chemo and everyone came over to accompany me. I was still puking out my fillet-o-fish i had for early lunch when friends arrived with KFC for my late lunch. Thank goodness i was able to be discrete about it. heh. Was very touched cos shuihui n gang had baked a cake for me but i had only a bite as it was not 'freshly baked' thus i could not eat it on doctors orders.

So i guess.... i gained 10 kgs cos i ate a LOT of food... haha. btw, i mastered the 最高境界 of bulimic people during that time, as i could just vomit when i want to, even after i recovered. =P