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Yep - when I was really ill I hated eating and had to force feed myself bananas. The good new isnow that I am loads better I LOVE food and am really getting into cooking again. It does get better, honest!

One thing I have learnt from the past two years is to ignore parents. My mum always says that everything is in my head - which really screwed me up as a teenager (I have quite a few problems with one of my glands which means that I had loads of wierd symptoms, which I was lead to believe 'did not exist'. Of course when I started the right medication they were gone!!

Plus till I was about 21 I didn't feel any hunger or thirst (part of the medical condition), which again was cured by the right meds. Basically i had to endure years of my mother telling me I had an eating disorder. Grrrrr.

They mean well, but can do more harm than good.

Can you do gentle walking or swimming. How do you get your electrolytes up? I guess if you don't do much then you don't need as many calories - do you get bored not being active? I started sewing like a maniac when I was housebound/in insomnia hell because I needed something that wasn't too energetic to do.

Rice noodles in that 'garlic' soup you eat might be a way to go - they are very soft and take on the taste of the soup.

Isn't life complicated!

Catherine

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