I am super sick right now and haven’t eaten much in a few days. It’s getting to the point where I am gonna need to force myself to eat something to keep my strength up but everything just sounds terrible to me right now. I have been subsisting mostly on small glasses of milk and the occasional packet of instant oatmeal.

Any suggestions on things to eat that go down easy and has nutritional value? Flavor is pretty far down on my list of requirements right now and I’m finding myself exhausted after chewing a few bites. Any serious suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

  • DeadlineX@lemm.ee
    4·
    11 months ago

    To add to this: cinnamon toast. Butter some bread, smear cinnamon sugar on it and microwave for thirty seconds. With bread goes down easy, and cinnamon toast is definitely the best way I came up with to get some carbs.

      • DeadlineX@lemm.ee
        111·
        11 months ago

        My issue was with my swallowing. So actual toast was too crunchy to reliably get down. When the butter melted in the microwave, it sort of “set” into the bread. So it was super soggy and easily “dissolved” in my throat. So I personally couldn’t really eat “solid” foods. Microwaved cinnamon toast was the best way I found to get carbs.

        Edit: could to couldnt

        • schmidtster@lemmy.world
          21·
          11 months ago

          Just toast it less? Even a minute will ehat it enough to melt butter but not very crisp.

          • DeadlineX@lemm.ee
            91·
            11 months ago

            Yeah, I tried it toasted. I dealt with this for over two months. I tried just about everything. I know everyone is coming from a good place with these suggestions. I’m trying not to come across unpleasant, but it feels like it has the same energy as asking a depressed person if they’d tried being happy before.

            I promise, I tried it. I put effort into putting food into my body that wouldn’t get caught in my throat and make me feel like I was going to choke and die. At one point I had 7 appointments with 6 different doctors in a two and a half week span. I really genuinely put effort into finding something I could eat. Soylent and mashed potatoes and soggy bread got me through it. I got sick of people telling me how much weight I’d lost like I didn’t own a mirror. I got sick of people telling me I’m just not cooking things right.

            I went through something I think is similar to op, and I offered my suggestions. I’m not saying this is what op or anyone needs to do.

            I’m just saying this is what helped me when I couldn’t eat, give it a shot if you want.

            • schmidtster@lemmy.world
              18·
              11 months ago

              If it’s crispy you’re just toasting it too much, sorry. It’s not toasted, it’s warmed by a toaster,

                • schmidtster@lemmy.world
                  13·
                  11 months ago

                  I am trying to understand, why are they saying toast when it’s not toasted? If it’s crispy enough to be called toast, turn it down some more.

                  I’ve never had a toaster that couldn’t put out warm not crispy bread. So yeah it’s confusing that someone would need to use a microwave for what a toaster is designed for.