Postby Jachut » Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:17 pm
Its a constant source of anxiety for me but I live WAY worse eating wise than before cancer.
I don't know whether it was chemo, radiation, surgery, or now sporting a colostomy, and in actual fact probably the toughest thing was the radiation induced sudden and complete menopause, but I have NO appetite anymore. I am just so disinterested in food, everything sounds revolting, I cant stand the smell of meat cooking, cant bear salad or fruit, just never get hungry and basically the only things I willingly ingest are caffeine and sugar in the form of baked goods or chocolate. I feel like sh*t, I look like sh*t and I know I'm setting myself up for major health problems but I just honestly cant stand cooking or eating. Treatment for me finished mid 2011 and I was a star patient throughout - no chemo problems, no radiation problems, quick surgical recovery - made my docs happy but I don't feel I have ever regained even a fraction of my former health.
I see a fantastic integrative practitioner who solved the awful fatigue problems I was having but he's scratching his head over this one.
All the things we should eat - fruit, vegies, beans, fish - cant stand any of them. And the things we shouldn't overdo - white carbs, sugar and such, that's all I want. I'm going out for dinner tonight, and that to me is just an exercise in hiding the fact that I'm not eating much of anything.