Suggestions on eating when you just dont feel like it

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r2424243
r2424243 Member Posts: 51
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My dad is trying real hard to keep his weight up. He is now down to around 165lbs though. He drinks several protien shakes a day but just doesnt have any appetite and everything tastes like "poo" Any suggestions? He is already on an appetite pill but that doesnt seem to be doing anything. Im sure you've all been through this, just wondering how you handled it other than just forcing yourself to eat.

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  • johnnybegood
    johnnybegood Member Posts: 1,117 Member
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    just wanted
    to say when i was on chemo my worst was 94lbs.the onc gave me some liquid med called megace.it really brought my appetite back.good luck...Godbless...johnnybegood
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
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    Small portions
    After my surgery, I had a real hard time getting interested in eating. I blamed it on the anesthesia and the meds...everything had a strange smell.

    My dear mother was here to help me and she made all of my favorites and gave me tiny to small portions of things as often as I would agree to try. That seemed to help and as time went on she made the portions a little bigger.

    Hope that our dad can be enticed to eat more. Now that better weather is here, perhaps some fresh fruits and veggies will sound good to him.

    Marie who loves kitties
  • r2424243
    r2424243 Member Posts: 51
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    Lovekitties said:

    Small portions
    After my surgery, I had a real hard time getting interested in eating. I blamed it on the anesthesia and the meds...everything had a strange smell.

    My dear mother was here to help me and she made all of my favorites and gave me tiny to small portions of things as often as I would agree to try. That seemed to help and as time went on she made the portions a little bigger.

    Hope that our dad can be enticed to eat more. Now that better weather is here, perhaps some fresh fruits and veggies will sound good to him.

    Marie who loves kitties

    Thanks to both of you! Great
    Thanks to both of you! Great advice!
  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth Member Posts: 1,258 Member
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    r2424243 said:

    Thanks to both of you! Great
    Thanks to both of you! Great advice!

    Boost Plus
    Lots of calories, protien and vitamins in a small drink.

    I have heard of hospital pharmacies selling it at low cost to cancer patients, if not, CVS has had the best deals in my market.

    It made all the difference for me when recovering from surgery.
  • ktlcs
    ktlcs Member Posts: 358
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    Buckwirth said:

    Boost Plus
    Lots of calories, protien and vitamins in a small drink.

    I have heard of hospital pharmacies selling it at low cost to cancer patients, if not, CVS has had the best deals in my market.

    It made all the difference for me when recovering from surgery.

    Honestly
    although my situation is a little different, I haven't been able to eat since losing my husband and truthfully the best thing I have found to work is good old Mary Jane
  • Buzzard
    Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
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    ktlcs said:

    Honestly
    although my situation is a little different, I haven't been able to eat since losing my husband and truthfully the best thing I have found to work is good old Mary Jane

    MEG-ACE in my opinion will make you eat anything that .....
    will slow down long enough....Only my opinion but I think a Dr would need to prescribe it to whomever they decide needs it....it did work very well for a friend of mine.........buzz
  • Patteee
    Patteee Member Posts: 945
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    the comment you made that he
    the comment you made that he said everything tastes like poop. Did I also read he had thrush issues at one point too?
    I had mouth sores and thrush so bad my mouth was darn near swollen closed. Even after the swelling went down, the taste was a HUGE issue, literally everything tasted like sh*t. In addition everything I ate, like an egg or bit of chicken, would stick to the inside of my mouth, I would have to scrape it off. It was nasty. They had me on oral morphine and magic mouth wash, after using that I would have a 10 min or so window where I could eat. It wasn't perfect, but got some calories in me. BTW, in my case, it was nothing about appetite- I was famished, I wanted to eat, but nothing would go in. Pot or appetite increasing pills did NOTHING for me.
    Boost drinks helped. I actually would put one in a coffee mug, sprinkle a bit of cinnamon on it and mic it for about a minute. And then sip on it for hours. Hot broth helped. Nothing spicy- it would hurt the inside of my mouth. to this day I have to be careful, over 2 years from chemo, and I can not tolerate spicy or physcially hot things, and any carbonated drinks HURT the inside of my checks and tongue.
    If thrush is an issue or has been? I would talk to the oncologist about doing something like oral morphine or magic mouthwash. The other suggestion I have would be to ask about working with a dietician who specializes in chemo issues. They have all kinds of tricks and really do understand the taste issue.
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    Patteee said:

    the comment you made that he
    the comment you made that he said everything tastes like poop. Did I also read he had thrush issues at one point too?
    I had mouth sores and thrush so bad my mouth was darn near swollen closed. Even after the swelling went down, the taste was a HUGE issue, literally everything tasted like sh*t. In addition everything I ate, like an egg or bit of chicken, would stick to the inside of my mouth, I would have to scrape it off. It was nasty. They had me on oral morphine and magic mouth wash, after using that I would have a 10 min or so window where I could eat. It wasn't perfect, but got some calories in me. BTW, in my case, it was nothing about appetite- I was famished, I wanted to eat, but nothing would go in. Pot or appetite increasing pills did NOTHING for me.
    Boost drinks helped. I actually would put one in a coffee mug, sprinkle a bit of cinnamon on it and mic it for about a minute. And then sip on it for hours. Hot broth helped. Nothing spicy- it would hurt the inside of my mouth. to this day I have to be careful, over 2 years from chemo, and I can not tolerate spicy or physcially hot things, and any carbonated drinks HURT the inside of my checks and tongue.
    If thrush is an issue or has been? I would talk to the oncologist about doing something like oral morphine or magic mouthwash. The other suggestion I have would be to ask about working with a dietician who specializes in chemo issues. They have all kinds of tricks and really do understand the taste issue.

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