Tempt My Appetite Please

[mrs_overall]

The last proper meal I ate was around 22nd December! Since coming home from hospital on Tuesday I have managed to eat 3 spoonfuls of home-made veg soup, 1 scrambled egg and three slices of toast in total. I am prescribed one of those malnutrition supplements but I need to get back into the habit of eating. I have no appetite whatsoever so any suggestions will be gratefully received.

[Tilly2]

What about a bacon sandwich. They are hard to resist.

[mrs_overall]

I think I need to start with microscopic but tasty morsels

[mazie]

Morning mrs-o...from the internet..

Here are some examples of natural stimulants for you. Each of these will help you in different degrees, but they will all improve your appetite in one way or another.
Turmeric
Dandelion
Devil's claw
Ginseng
Blessed thistle
Yogurt
Cranberry juice
Herbal tea
Grapefruit or rosewood aromatherapy
Peppermint tea
Saw palmetto berries
There are many more stimulants that you can make use of as well, but these should be sufficient enough to suit your purposes. Consume these regularly, or buy a supplement from the market, and your appetite will improve considerably.

Some to choose from there.... Hope you get your Nose-bag back on soon xxx

[abstibus]

I know it's not too imaginative, but would a nicely presented poached egg with crustless 'soldiers' tempt you?
Sis loved this when she was suffering side-effects of chemotherapy.

[mazie]

Oh and eat little and often x

[dollie65]

if you dont eat.. your body will start to shut down and you could die!!!!

[mrs_overall]

mazie - I have most of those items in my kitchen cupboards so I'll give them a try.

[AlwaysConfused]

You missed Christmas dinner and all the party food too!?! Well, little pork pies, scotch eggs, sausage rolls and vol-a-vents are in order, then!

[mazie]

Not all at once though mrs-o ;o) Otherwise you'll be eating for England x

[humbersloop]

I think your own body will tell you a lot

Are you hungry?

[mrs_overall]

dollie - that is why I am on the malnutrition supplements.
I really do want to get back into the habit of eating but so many things make me gip and I am terrified of retching as it hurts my abdomen so much

[mrs_overall]

humber, no I have no appetite whatsoever

[humbersloop]

((mrs o))

being a bit plodding on the questions, bear with me

what's made you gip so far?

[Tilly2]

Can you eat smoked salmon? A couple of slithers of that might go down easily.

[mrs_overall]

humber - I made some veg soup, had 3 spoonfuls and enjoyed it. Later the same day I went back to the pan for more and the smell made me heave.
Everything anyone in the family cooks is making me gip at the moment. I had a slice of toast yesterday morning, went to make another one at lunchtime and even the smell of that made me retch.
There is no rhyme or reason to it!

[AlwaysConfused]

I had a sickness bug a couple of years ago which lasted two weeks. The only thing I could eat was peperami !

[excelsior-1]

good morning mrs_overall. welcome back again, it is good to see you

what worked for my sister in a similar situation some years ago, was porridge

[tonyav]

Morning mrs o nice to see you posting again, pity it's not in better circumstances though.
What are your favorite foods ?, what ever they are could you not just keep having a pick at those.

[mrs_overall]

excelsior - porridge may be one answer as I am not gagging thinking about it!

[tonyav]

Give it a try then mrs o.