Apetite..

Hi Tomcat,

 I am the complete opposite as I lost my taste buds I have not been eating much and now with my tummy troubles, I have actually lost a bit of weight, it is really funny how it affects different people in so many ways Sandy 

YES!

I thought it was just me stress eating haha

But jokes aside, I do seem to feel hungrier a lot more than I did. It’s a real challenge not to put on weight for sure.

I'm a week out from a partial nephrectomy. I have been having trouble with my appetite. I think my problem has been stress related to the diagnosis and the unknown of the future. 

My diagnosis came after losing 10kg. Had poor appetite and couldn’t eat some foods I’d loved before. Post radical nephrectomy after huge rooftop incision and slow recovery I’m now eating everything again and in between meals, except hate olives now. Trouble is very slow to put on weight but body still healing itself, so not surprising I suppose. Awaiting to find out next step as my tumour was very large.

I could always eat a lot and stay slim when younger, and not too bad in older age so guess I’m lucky in that respect, but never expected advanced kidney cancer so await the next step. 

Hi oz0408,

 I am glad you are having your op soon like us all worry and stress stops us eating and sleeping, but once you have you op and know where you are going from there you will feel better the unknown is alway worse than you imagine,  do you know what op you will be having mine was an open cut so I thing it takes a bit longer for recovery, I went in on the Monday morning and was home Friday afternoon, sending you hugs and best wishes Sandy 

Hi Mistoff,

 I am glad you are eating again the only problem is everyone heals in they own time and there are a lot of foods I loved but cannot eat now, I think mine problem is the loss off taste but I am still struggling on I did not start putting on weight on until after my month of stomach injections, they were the worst for me I was in a bit of pain and black and blue from the injections my husband would pinch my stomach and I used to stab myself all I remember was the pain, well less of that you don’t what to hear me moaning onwards and up wards Sandy 

Yes I can’t stop eating either but took 2 weeks as surgery was huge! Need to put on weight now

Yes miserable times really, I stuck myself in thigh as no abdominal fat! I’d been theatre sister all my working life and was not prepared for renal cancer or the massive op! Live and learn - but doing really well now 40 days post op. Just need to know what next as I had big tumour