we got to choose our own topics for a paper in this one class, and tbh i’m rlly invested in the topic but it’s been so hard 2 arrange what i want to say...basically the topic i chose was how we can help patients who have altered eating habits (due to their diagnosis or underlying condition), and how this affects them as well as their caregivers on an emotional/psychosocial level. it’s rlly interesting to me bc while my dad was going thru his cancer, it was just something that my mom would perseverate on & get really distressed about, and it’s still somewhat a source of tension in our household to this day... and now that i’m looking in the literature, it seems that this is a very common experience for patients & their loved ones!!! idk. it’s interesting 2 me & i’m glad that this will help me find more therapeutic ways to approach & support my patients when they’re not able to eat for whatever reason!!! woo
