No desire to eat

[my.december]

Ugh.

It's not a lack of hunger in the physical sense of hunger. It's just a complete and total lack of desire to eat. It's just not wanting to put anything in my system right now.

It's gut troubles and extreme nausea and exhaustion all crippling me to the point that food seems as unappealing as what it becomes after a trip through my body.

I'm not entirely sure what to do about this. I just really don't have ANY desire to eat. The mere thought makes me feel sick.

 

[tamesis]

Ensure/boost? Smoothies?
The worst thing you can do is not eat, as much as you don't want to....Try to stick with gentle things, even though they're incredibly boring....rice, applesauce, toast, avoid dairy....All things i'm sure you know, but yeah....not eating is one of the worst things you can do.

i can totally and completely empathise with you though...not that that makes it any better. Sorry you're feeling this way.

 

[Peaches]

Sorry Jess!! yep - you need to eat something -your body can't even try to keep the healing process going if you don't feed it!! Whens the next follow up with your doc?

 

[my.december]

I know. I meant to add that in the post... that I know I have to, but gosh, it's getting hard. It's just started really. Thank God because at least I've managed it so far and kept what little strength up. And there was a couple weeks of a decent swing. But... all falls down. And this down swing is just... ugh.

The nausea's a big part of it. It's hard to even suck on a mint. Anything in my mouth, anything that starts that digestive process, just amps the nausea up to an unbearable level.

Not to mention the gut rumblings, noises, and pain. Nor the fire butt. We won't discuss fire butt.

And I can't do Ensure. Something about them... everytime I've tried in the past, they made me sick. Taste, texture, something. The only similar thing I can tolerate is the SlimFast Cappuccino Dream... but I can't handle caffeine. It sends my gut into hyperdrive.

The next followup is March 17. Just one more month.

 

[Peaches]

Do you think you might need to call for a sooner appointment? Maybe chicken broth? Sometimes I'll get Campbell's chicken noodle soup and take everything out but the broth and have that. Nice and saltylicious and tasty without bulk ya know?

 

[tamesis]

have you tried taking some sort of anti-nausea med? I don't remember what it's called over there, we have Gravol. Might help you get something down?
Have you tried any protein powders? maybe make a smoothie, with a little vanilla soy milk, banana, and chocolate protein powder? What about those vitamin enriched water drinks? At least it's something....

I hear ya on fire butt.....Mine is currently actively bleeding, with no sign of stopping. It even hurts to pee....i've never noticed my pee dribbling down to my nether region before the past few days. Calmo helped a bit overnight....but still sucks.

 

[Steve]

Your not alone - i cant stand Ensure or any of those tyoe of drinks. It makes me nauses even before i drink it. I find that on days like that, a simple yogurt works for me. simple and easy to eat (or sip) - per my GI, it also coats your stomach, what ever that mean.
feel good and take care of yourself.

 

[Fog Ducker]

Aw Jess, like Pam was saying, trust me you have to eat, I learned the hard way that not eating just makes it worse and puts you in the hospital!!

I was also going to suggest protein powder. You can mix it with water or juice or anything, and can get it in any flavour you can think of.

Gotta keep your strength up! You will get through this!

 

[Jennjenn]

Wow thats a long time to wait for an appointment if your not feeling well. I would try to call back and get sqeezed in somewhere sooner. Usually if you explain the importance of needing a sooner appointment they will give you something sooner. I can also empathise with you of not wanting to eat. I have not had any feeling of hunger for years now, but even when I am at my worst no matter how hard it is you have to force yourself to eat. If its something small or well balanced throughout the day. Your system needs food not eating might make it worse even if it is something along the lines of liquids.
I hope you start to feel better.

 

[my.december]

Yeah, I called today. That was the soonest they could do. Apparently he's only in town one day coming up. IDK what's up. Usually he's in town at least one day a week, but something's up right now it seems. It makes it somewhat difficult to get an appt at any time though. So I'm actually having to travel to his "home office." However, there are no GIs without 4+ month waiting lists that take my crap insurance anywhere too local to me at the moment. I've checked. It's rather annoying.

I was lucky to get that appointment with him, and it's gonna require a bit of a trip to get to since it's at his home office. I'm rambling.

I've tried both phenegran and reglan for the nausea, but neither seem to be touching it much. It's no fun. (However, in all fairness, the nausea MAY be a side effect of the Chantix I'm taking right now. IDK. Hopefully it'll fade out soon as some side effects tend to do).

I managed to get a little bit of my lunch down today. Not too much at all, but it was something. At the very least, I'm working on getting things like Gatorade and juices and stuff down, so there's some nutritional stuff.

And Pam, sorry to hear you're having problems too. I'm bleeding too, but that's typical. I swear I bleed more often than not. What's driving me craziest is that when the burning starts, it gets bad enough that it feels like the WHOLE area, including my lady parts, are on fire. Intolerable. I can almost stand my toosh burning... almost... but the girl parts. No. Not at all.

 

[Steve]

Gosh - I cant imagine how that feels but its got to suck - and that I do understand. But I will tell you this. I admire you for your strength to keep you going. I assume your still at work everyday and going about your business. That to me is the hardest.
Keep going.

 

[gibby]

Aw that sounds pretty awful, i feel your pain about the not eating, i have been like that on and off for four weeks now, just getting round to seeing my gastro after a long story......
but yeah, cant bear eating anythin, i made my housemate tea tonight cos she had been working and she has been trying to encourage me eating, but was so wierd, spent an hour cooking and had no desire to even taste it. Been living on lucozade and stock cubes/bovril based stuff in hot water to get salt and sugar in so i can function at a reasonable level. Its so weird because i will get hunger pangs, and i will then go and make something to eat, but by the time i go to sit down with it the hunger disappears and is replaced with nausea....it is driving me insane! and its the longest i have gone with this happenin for years...normally it would last a week before i flared, then i would get under control and start eating...but its been exeptionally long flare this time and consequentially been a long period of poor appetite..
but i think yeah, getting in some thick juices and stuff down just to get some nutrition in, and the stock cubes in hot water is good too for the odd change.
hope you get through this next month quickly and see your gastro asap....so frustrating you cant see him earlier because there is maybe something he can do...can you get any advice over the phone at all? like ask his secretary to pass on your symptoms?

take care hun x

 

[Pirate]

I so understand how you are feeling. I had to go back on all liquids yesterday because of the pain, not having quesy stomach or D. Food is a big turn off right now. Janis is making me drink at least one of her EMV drinks a day. At least it gives me what nutrients I need.

Good luck, Jess. I don't get to see my GI until March 8th.

 

[Guestly]

oh you poor thing - I know what you mean... I have a strange thing at the moment in that I have no excitement about food - I hate it, but pred munchies makes me cram things in my mouth all the time... but there is no enjoyment, only pain.,

Thinking of you

HUGS

Lishyloo x