loss of appetite

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I hope everyone is doing fairly well. I have not had a good couple

of days which leads me to my question. Is it common for CP

sufferers to lose their appetite for periods at a time? It seems to

me that when I lose my appetite, I get a bad attack shortly after.

Does anyone else experience this?

Thanks,

Pat

[Guest guest]

> Hi All,

>

> I hope everyone is doing fairly well. I have not had a good

couple

> of days which leads me to my question. Is it common for CP

> sufferers to lose their appetite for periods at a time? It seems

to

> me that when I lose my appetite, I get a bad attack shortly

after.

> Does anyone else experience this?

>

> Thanks,

> Pat

Yes Pat, it is all part of the illness. Read about it in my

message " Still around " . Mind the solution I have found for it.

Inspite of the loss of appetite you can eat very often little

portions of food. Even liquid (breakfast type) food helps fighting

the upcoming of a pain attack due to bad nutrition.

Regards, Danny.

[Guest guest]

Pat,

I do, if I don't eat, usually after a night's sleep, and don't feel

hungry, therefore don't eat any breakfast, or even if I miss a meal

or inbetween meals, I get pain on top of pain, sometimes leading to

a full blown attack, other times, stops after a while. Sometimes,

eating can ease it. Doctor's I spoke to about this told me it had

nothing to do with my pancreatitis, yet the pain is the same, and

now I know better.

[Guest guest]

Pat,

Until you wrote that, I had never really thought about it, but, yes,

that's the way I start an attack. First I lose interest in food, and

that's why often I question what food it could have been that

brought on the attack, because usually I haven't eaten too much

for a day or two ahead of the attack. I wonder how many others

feel the same way?

Please let us know how else we can help you.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

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>>Is it common for CP sufferers to lose their appetite for periods

at a time? It seems to me that when I lose my appetite, I get a

bad attack shortly after.

Pat

[Guest guest]

Hi Pat,

I have to agree with what the others wrote. In fact, loss of appetite

is the second worse symptom I have (besides the pain). I can

go without eating for over 24 hours and then only eat a sandwich

and a soda on the days that I can eat. This can go on for a week

or for a couple of months (this last one that I am in the middle of

now started the last week of July - have yet to eat a " normal " diet

since). Right now, this is the worse after-effect of friday's ERCP -

can't eat yet, just tried to sip some Boost - got very nauseous. I

know that I have to force myself but right now just don't have the

strength.

OK off, track, can you tell that I am still foggy from the meds!

Laurie

[Guest guest]

Pat,

yes, I've had times where I've lost my appetite and it does seem to

occur a lot when I have a bad flare of pancreatitis pain. I think it's

the body's way of saying " hey, that's going to make me worse, don't eat

anything " just before an attack of pain/nausea. It doesn't always

happen when I have an attack, so I can't use it as a sure-fire warning

sign that an attack is going to happen. Sometimes they just happen with

no warning at all with attacks. But, I wanted to let you know that you

are not alone in the loss of appetite.

Kimber

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Kimber

Vallejo, CA

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