My mother is entering her 4th week of radiation following 2 breast cancer surgeries. She lives alone and after her 8:30 am treatment, she goes to work. By the time she gets home about 5:30 pm she is too exhausted to cook. She is soon to be 69 and lives in Gretna. I live in Florida so I am not available to assist her in this way.
I thought they were on the expensive side, but the food was good, better than grocery store frozen food levels. The additional cost of the food might actually offset the time, trouble and gas to get frozen foods from the store.
Maggie's comments on Boston Market and Subway also reminded me that Subway offers some good choices in sandwiches, which if accompanied by a vegetable or salad can be stretched into 2 if not 4 meals.
And the choice of ingredients Subway adds to its sandwiches are well beyond the junk put on by fast food places.
If she has a Boston Market, Subway or other more nutritious FAST food place nearby, treat her to a gift card or two. There are some excellent frozen options as well.
Good luck to mom. Fourth week means just a couple to go.
My parents were always big on not bothering others - to the point I had to remind them that they liked to help others so letting others help them on occasion was not the huge imposition they thought it was.
The difficult part is usually just finding the right person - keep trying.
She may have to reheat, but that's a lot better than having to cook. Cooking for one is a pain even if you're not fighting cancer.
So sorry to read that your Mom is going through all that... I can relate, I have a pink t-shirt and know how exhausting it can be. I went though a lot of TV dinners.
Another option is to buy frozen meals; Stouffers I believe it is has meals w/o preservatives. They're not hot, but they're better than some of the frozen dinners.
I think another problem would be that delivering a meal about 5:30 may be outside out the boundaries of most senior meal deliveries.
Another thought is to contact the local Gilda's Club and see if they know of any hot meal programs for those undergoing cancer treatment.