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Gone of my food

Philipo1

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Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
HI

I am a type two diabetic having been diagnosed some 6plus years and I am oral medication to control my BM, The past few weeks I have gone of my food and I just can't face a meal, I know this is not good for my diabetes and also I have developed anaemia, this means taking three iron tablets a day plus I am very tied .

My medical history is not that good as I have a long term spinal disability and I have to take opiates and much more other medication for pain control....

My biggest worry after seeing my diabetic nurse this morning is that I may be developing an eating disorder, the nurse has suggested eating small snaky meals during the day, I have previously tried this but I still don't feel as if I want to eat. I do drink water through out the day but I just don't want to eat...

Have anyone else had this and if so how did you overcome the not eating feeling...
 
Not good as you need to eat to survive. I would book an appointment with your gp and discuss this with them.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum. I don't know but could the meds play a part in suppressing your appetite? Or maybe its the warm weather. Either way you need answers. Can't live without food.
 
You gotta eat it's that simple.
I understand it isn't that easy if you have an eating disorder developing.
Is it possible to act now and prevent it developing any further I wonder.
Can you snack on a handful of nuts .... maybe with berries of some kind?
Trying to think of an easy option so you don't have to face cooking.
I too have spinal problems and I'm on Gabapentin and a new opiate called Palexia (Pentadol) and yes they can sometimes affect my appetite and make me very sleepy.
 
Have you lost your appetite? Do you ever feel hungry? When it comes to a mealtime, what thoughts go through your head?

Leaving absolutely all issues aside, if you could eat anything today, what would it be?
 

Thanks for the suggestion Jack the Lad, I will give that a whirl, as I do like nuts and various dried fruit, mind you I am aware that the dried fruit has sugar in various quantises I am on Transtec 52.5 Transdermal Patches, Nortriptylin and I take Mirtazapine for depression as I was having suicidal thoughts, this was brought on my this government as ATOS made my life hell buy saying I was fit for employment, I am now much better as far as the depression goes as I won the day by going through the appeal process.
 
AndBreathe said:
Have you lost your appetite? Do you ever feel hungry? When it comes to a mealtime, what thoughts go through your head?

Leaving absolutely all issues aside, if you could eat anything today, what would it be?
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I would love to sit down to a lovely sirloin steak and all the trimmings and a suitable diabetic desert
 
I've been assured that if it ends in .... berry ... straw blue ras etc etc ... I can eat quite a lot of them.
Not juiced though.
Notice IDS wasn't moved in the recent shake up?
Many people are saying it is because no one is willing to take up the utter mess he's made.
 
Philipo1 said:
I would love to sit down to a lovely sirloin steak and all the trimmings and a suitable diabetic desert
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So, why don't you? If that's what you would fancy?
 
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