In the late stage of esophageal cancer, the disease can bring unimaginable torment to the patient. As a loved one, you need to give him/her the right physical and psychological care and upbringing.
Psychological building
You first need to build your own psyche and try not to expose negative emotions such as sadness and anxiety to your loved one with the disease. He/she has to suffer from esophageal cancer and cannot swallow food or sleep well, so don’t let him/her worry about your bad mood in turn.
Along with getting yourself together, you should always encourage your loved one with the disease and keep him/her optimistic, telling him/her, “It’s okay to have a tumor, I’m still here. I’m ready to fight the tumor with you anyway, are you ready?”
Nutritional support
Patients with advanced esophageal cancer often have progressively worse swallowing difficulties, so you should pay special attention when preparing meals for your loved one with the disease, mainly liquid or semi-liquid foods.
To address the symptoms of wasting, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and water-electrolyte disorders often found in advanced patients, meals should provide adequate protein, micronutrients, and vitamins. You can add some minced green vegetables and meat paste to the porridge; often cook some fish soup, meat soup, chicken soup, etc.; solid food to be fine and fine, such as eggplant, tomatoes diced and fried into a paste.
Living and living
Some patients with advanced disease have an impaired ability to care for themselves and need more careful attention to their lives. For example, change clean clothing and eating utensils in a timely manner; for patients recovering at home after surgery, if complications such as anastomotic fistula occur, care and management should be enhanced to prevent cross-infection.
Regular follow-up visits
You know the true needs of your sick loved one better than your doctor does, so you should be the bridge between patient and doctor. You need to communicate regularly with your doctor about your patient’s feelings, concerns, emotions, and other information so that your provider can tailor a “personalized” treatment plan that better meets the patient’s needs.