Nausea, loss of taste, no appetite: tumor patients often lose a lot of weight. But how can they counteract this? And are sweets taboo?
Gummy bears are his sweet passion. And chocolate. “I can really get into it,” says the 54-year-old. The man with his very short hair is currently sitting in the new Central Interdisciplinary Chemotherapy Unit (ZIC) of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich (CCCM) at the Klinikum rechts der Isar – in a comfortable armchair with a small desk. A transparent bag hangs on the mobile infusion stand. His chemotherapy infusion runs through thin tubes into his body in the day clinic for several hours. Drop by drop.