[RKDinOKC]

They found Gage's cancer because of the nausea, not eating, and he was skinny, so maybe your Dad is not that bad and the not eating is just a symptom?

My Mom didn't eat much at all, but she did drink Ensure drinks. Don't understand the elderly seemed to like the chocolate, but the rep at the store didn't stock more chocolate than anything else. Talked to the rep about it and she was completely clueless.

Main problem I had with Mom was my siblings getting involved in her dental stuff because they had the same dentist. Mom lost her partial on the same day she had a teeth cleaning. I told the dentist to get her another one made asap. My SIL visted the same dentist the next day, heard about the partial blamed it on the hygenist and put a stop on the partial being replaced until the responsible party was found to pay for it. And it wasn't like MOM or the SIL didn't have the money either. Anyway it took 3 months to get the issue resolved and a new partial made. By then Mom had forgotten about it and because of her dementia just couldn't keep it in her mouth and ended up breaking it. She couldn't chew solid food without the partial. SIL's sticking her nose in what wasn't her business put Mom on basically a liquid diet for the rest of her life. What's worse is SIL isn't around enough to care or even see what she did, it was only about the $600 cost of the partial which didn't have a thing to do with SILs money. That dentist also had no right or reason to listen to anyone but me even if she new they were my siblings. But put a stop on the partical anyway. I no longer see that dentist.

Had more of a problem trying to maintain Mom's quality of life dealing with my siblings than with her or her doctors. Siblings were stupid (Ignorant means you just don't know any better, Stupid means you don't learn) they would NOT listen to anything I said despite me being named the Medical right of attorney in Mom's living will. And it was created before Mom's problems ever started. Those siblings don't like me very much because I wouldn't let them do what they wanted to do that would have been bad for Mom. Like getting rid of all the stuff Mom accumulated THEY decided she didn't need or wouldn't use.