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11-22-2012, 11:25 AM
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no appetite.......
Breast cancer.....not had my surgery yet....I have trouble with my appetite....any suggestions on keeping my strenght up...noting is appealing to me...going to get a perscription for some a anxiety pills, that should help somewhat..Just trying to get my taste buds to be hungary! Bless you all.....Sandra Kocher
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11-22-2012, 05:17 PM
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Location: Ireland
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Re: no appetite.......
Sandra I lost a lot of weight before my dx and during chemo had to force myself to eat a small bowl of cereal for breakfast, a mandarin orange for lunch and half a ham sandwich for dinner!!! I know its not much and I didn't even want that but forced it down and it kept me alive and well enough to continue my treatments. I lost a lot of weight but gained it back about a year after my chemo finished, my Onc told me to just eat what I could and felt like during treatment and there would be time enough to eat healthily once I was well again and he was right as I need to lose half a stone right now!!
I also enjoyed some home made soups but little and often is the key I think.
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Tricia
Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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11-22-2012, 09:02 PM
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Re: no appetite.......
sandra
i had a horrible time with food during FEC - nothing was appealing at all. I would drink those meal replacement drinks and i found that they would help a lot. I would drink one as soon as i got up or else i felt faint. The cancer ctr where i was treated suggested them.
In between i ate whatever i could tolerate - lots of oatmeal (which to this day i can't look at) Tricia is absolutely right...eat whatever appeals to you, you can go back to healthy eating after
I dropped 12 lbs on chemo and have gained it all back
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diagnosed aug/11
right breast IDC 2.2 cm LVI
neoadjuvant fecx3, tax and her x3
surgery -pCR 0/2 nodes
25 rads
herceptin x18
tamox
prophy bi-msx with TE's oct 15/12
LD flap reconstruction (PM me if you want the details)
zoladex shots monthly until SOFT studies come out
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11-22-2012, 10:18 PM
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Re: no appetite.......
Try smaller meals more often. Chemo can change the taste buds, so you might have to experiment a little to see what you can eat. Hang in there.
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11-23-2012, 07:21 AM
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Location: Doylestown, ohio
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Re: no appetite.......
I was the same. Couldn't eat a thing. My husband was so worried he wanted me to go into the hospital and get an IV. He made me drink carnation instant breakfast. Loaded with protein and nutrients. If I had a better day I would force myself to eat. The thought of food was horrible. It will get better. The initial shock and fear is just so overwhelming. Hard boiled eggs, yogurt any thing easy that just kind of slides down as gross as that sounds. Good luck and in a year when your appetite comes back and u r feeling pretty good u will wish it hadn't. Ha ha. Mine came back with a vengeance. I started craving things I never even liked before. Still hate sweet potatoes tho. Lol. This to shall pass. Hang in there. We r here for u. Darlene
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DX Sept 30 2010 at the age of 49. Oh crap! 1.5 cm idc, stage 1 grade 3 er/pr+, her2+ no lymph nodes, mastectomy Oct/10. Started 6 rounds of TCH Dec/10 and will continue herceptin until Nov /11 and just started femara.
Stray kitten found my lump while I was playing with it. It is now my pet and my dog is not real happy about that.
Mammo good
last herceptin 11/21/11 YAY
reconstruction 12/09/11
Chapter closed 12/10/11, hopefully, fingers crossed
Bone scan, chest xray, clear
04/27/12 Expander removed, implant put in, ahh sigh of relief, much more comfortable
Sept 30, 2014, 4 years NED
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11-23-2012, 11:36 AM
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Re: no appetite.......
Thank you tricia keegan foe your response...I will give it a try..everything is so new to me....Hugs....Sandra Kocher
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11-23-2012, 11:38 AM
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Re: no appetite.......
Thank you roz123...I will try the meal replacement drinks, that should help alot. Hugs to you too..Sandra Kocher
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11-23-2012, 11:40 AM
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Re: no appetite.......
ElaineM...boy I sure do love it when everyone trys to help..God Bless you all....Hugs Sandra Kocher
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11-23-2012, 11:43 AM
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Re: no appetite.......
chekmark....thank you for your response, it sure does help to know what other women have gone through, and are going through...Bless you..Hugs..Sandra Kocher
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12-06-2012, 06:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: no appetite.......
Try acupuncture if you can, it is amazing for fatigue and appetite. It got to the point that my jeans started getting tight because I was eating so much. My stomach would start to growl when he would put in the needles - so weird. I also had a Naturopath that suggested Amino Acid IV's that would keep my nutrition strong but I never needed them.
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11/19/10 Identified swollen lymph node
1/24/11 Mammogram showed microcalcifications - no mass
2/4/11 Diagnosed ER/PR- HER2+++
2/23/11 Began TCH protocol every 21 days 6x
5/23/11 Ultrasound of originally diseased lymph node shows normal
7/25/11 Lymph node dissection - 8 of 14 show disease
7/29/11 Double mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders)
8/29/11 Begin follow up chemo - Adriamycin 4 treatments every 2 weeks and Xeloda. Self inject Nupogen shots
1/6/12 6 weeks of Radiation finished
2/13/12 Last Herceptin/remove port
3/27/12 PET/Brain Scan NED :)
8/15/12 Final reconstruction - hello nipples, good bye expanders
9/14/12 Rejected implant/infection. Implant removed
5/6/13 Latissumis Dorsi surgery left side with expander
PS - my photo was taken 5 days after my double mastectomy surgery and 6 weeks after my TCH was completed
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12-06-2012, 11:48 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,210
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Re: no appetite.......
My onc also told me to eat whatever I wanted just to maintain some weight even burgers and milkshakes! But my appetite was poor . Ensure drinks were very helpful. Maybe blended with a banana into a smoothie ice cream. Yogurt. Cheese and crackers. Soups. Small frequent snacks. Important to stay hydrated.
You'll get through it. Keep the faith
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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