Please help! Appetite just doesn't want to return!!

for all you're going through, Carla.  It's difficult to eat when nothing appeals to you.  I usually would wrack my brain until I thought of something i could eat.  I found I was often able to eat potato, cut into small chunks, nuked with a little butter on top.  I actually ate that a lot.  This last time I couldn't.  Go figure.  I also drank Ensure (chocolate only) when I couldn't eat.  I hope you can get past this and feel better soon.

Wishing you the best.

Karen 

scatsm said:

Keep up the hope!

It must be so hard to keep pushing through, but I hope you will be able to do so. When I couldn't eat at all, I had a chocolate ensure in the morning...that was it until after surgery and chemo. Since then, even with a recurrence and chemo, I havent lost my appetite at all, in fact i keep gaining weight, sigh...hang in there and here's to hoping for better days ahead!

xoxo Susan

Check with your doctor to see if there is any medication you can take to help stimulate your appetite.  There may be something out there that will help "kick start" your hunger.  I remember the lack of appetite and fatigue being the worst side effects to front-line chemo.  I was lucky though because these symptoms were very bad only for the first four or five days after a chemo session; after that I was able to eat sufficiently and be ready for the next session three weeks later.  If you're up to it and it's safe for you, try some gentle "exercising" (which could be a stroll around the yard) to get the blood flowing and maybe help with the appetite too.

Sending lots of positive thoughts and prayers your way!

Kelly

loss of appetite is so frustrating for it leaves you exhausted, which in turn makes it harder to concentrate on trying to on an esting schedule. My Onc nurses suggest pudding cups, yogurt, take out soups from places like Panera etc. I've tried things like grapes, protein bars. Best of luck with this!    (((( hugs))))) Maria

my mom is facing cancer as well stage 4 the lost pf appetite is common i face that first hand. my mom is doing chemo last week was her third time ( she still have her hair). I didnt know anything about cancer until it happened with my mom. i stay with my mom all week i dont leave her alone ( me and my sister manage to stay with her at all times) . we all know chemotherapy make weak and you cannot longer support yourselve. she lost her appetite but somehow i manage to talk to her and make her eat. i seen well it works for me . sometime when my mom dont want to eat i wont force her but ill take my tablet put on her favorite show watch with her and talk to her about good memories and then she would eat, of course it will take me 45m until i convience her to do so, but is well worth it. we give her a based diet. Dairy is not on her diet, that actually is bad for cancer patients. we give her vegetables soup. we firststeamed all the vegetables and than i blend all the vegetables until its liquid and add (QUINOA). PLEASE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS ORGANIC DONT BUY REGULAR FOOD BUY NON-GMO. Its much better to eat all blend it in liquid than eat it steamed vegetables. for breakfast i will get her some whole wheat bread and avocados. and will give her soy milk or almond milk and will combine it with this great stuff that seems to help her a lot called ( 7 semillas andina). 7 semillas is a powder that has 7 seeds blended together from peru. it helps her inmune system. and the afternoon willl make her some food organic rice and fish. and before going to sleep a fruit juice or vegetable juice. and on the juice we add 7 semillas and also some thing called (maca) all of those things are organic. last thing i bough was soursop tea bags . and starting to give her that too, and also i just bought apricot seeds.

you cant really go wrong with natural stuff, i mean everyone has different opinions but all i can say is all natural and organic personally does not have side effects like chemo does. we are doing everything we can to fight for our love ones. i bought my soursop tea bags, and apricot seeds and maca off from ebay. but 7 semillas you cannot find it in here but in my native country from peru. since my brother is there i was able to order 35 bags which it cost me like 150 dollars with shipment and everything. this is my email chacalon19_@hotmail.com send me email if you find something that works for you i would love to know . wish you the of luck on your fight with this disease. sometime is better to call by other names than cancer. remenber when you hear that worod make an impact . in our house we avoid to mention that word. bye thanks  

anicca said:

No Appetite

If you are lucky enough to live in a state that has legalized medical marijuana, get a scrip.  If not, find a friend with young adult kids who can get you some pt.  My daughters and their friends helped me, even providing a vaporizer, which makes the smoke cool.  It helped me tremendously, and it doesn't take a lot to get a good result.

Marijuana does stimulate appetite. Excellent idea. It can be taken as an oil. It is not necessary to smoke it.

Radiation tends to wipe out appetite. It will return in time but meanwhile, nutrition is essential. Performing some enjoyable activity may help stimulate appetite.