I Don't Want to Eat...

ooh girl!! your body is fighting something!!! STILL!!!

I would ensure that I stayed hydrated...drink water, gatorade or something like tea...no milk as it will gunk up your throat.

If you weren't 3 hours away - I would say I would make you some chicken noodle soup and bring it over...

try some chicken broth...

Sorry!! I'm glad you don't have a sore throat - but not eating isn't good either!!

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you are still recovering. Loss of appetite is due to the fact that it takes tons of energy to digest stuff. Your body doesnt want anything in it yet because it's still fighting off the bug. Drink fluids, you'll be ravenous again soon enough.

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You may feel better than you did....but your body is still fighting something.

This happens to me when I'm really sick....it takes a few days to get my appetite back. Just try to get yourself to eat a little something throughout the day. A little here and a little there as best you can.

Hope you feel ALL better soon!

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I'm so right there with you!

I've got a Dr's appt this afternoon because I can't even barely swallow. : ( My belly is grumbling... I'm so hungry.... But I cannot eat.

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You're just still getting over feeling ill, give it some time. I'd keep trying soup, or shakes, even ice cream, until you feel a little better. For me, when I don't feel well, the effort of chewing food is exhausting. So I opt for the stuff you basically just swallow. Keep hydrated, too. Sometimes I even get the Boost shakes or Slimfast and drink those because they have lots of protein and vitamins, which are important to strengthen your body. Hope you're back to feeling yourself soon!

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Sometimes when I am so sick I lose my appetite, it takes a while to get it back after I am well.

I will go days and nothing sounds good and I wake up one day and only these two or three things sound good and it gets better from there.

When you feel like eating a specific thing, feed you appetite.

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I'm afraid someone out there has a voodoo doll of you, Rach. You are too young and too healthy to be sick so often and have so many calamaties, accidents, aches and pains. Try an ensure, muscle milk, or slim fast to at least get the nutrition you need, until you have an appetite.

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Get a juicer...and take some vitamins until your appetite resumes.

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I bet your stomache shrank a bit while you were sick. This does happens to me too. I bet in a couple days you will be back to normal!

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You might be feeling better, but you are not over it yet.
That's what the lack of appetite means.
It's no big deal, but keeping up your fluids is good.
Water, tea, soup broth, etc.
In another day or two everything should be more or less back to normal.

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Very common...If you are not hungry don't eat and don't force yourself..However, I will insist that you keep taking in fluids so as to not get dehydrated :) Get better and have a nice weekend.

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Seriously...I can be throwing up and thinking about what I'm going to eat after I brush my teeth. I feed a cod AND a fever! LOL

No, this never happens to me, I can eat all the time, and I do! =) I don't understand people who "foget" to eat. That has always amazed me! Glad you are feeling better tho! =)

Hmmm... could be your getting better, or.... could be your throat was so sore, your brain shut off you're ability to feel it. Really. This happened to me once, and the doctor looked in my throat and said it totally inflamed. If you don't continue to get better, you may have strep that has gone beyond healing itself. Don't wait to long to call the doctor. Take care!

I just read an article this morning that ear infections actually affect your sense of taste, so that may be why you dont have an appetite yet. hope you're at 100% soon!