Bread and butter. Ice cream cookies. Anything sweet. Rice with butter or gravy. Milk shake. Fruits and full fat yogurt. Bagel and cream cheese. Hard boiled eggs. Bacon egg and cheese. Turkey sand w cheese a d mayo. Fresh veggies w blue cheese or ranch dressing. Salad w cheese and meats.
Good luck darlin.

Have you tried the Ensures? Get the high protein and calories.

Stay strong!!!

I used the Ensure. Ensure Plus is high in fat. I think like 15 grams. It was just about all I could get down. It comes in different flavors but vanilla was the most tolerable. My doc said fine, whatever you can do.

Ummm...I think bacon maple bars are high in fat...lol

sorry, I hope you are not vegan.

Seriously though I hope you get some relief from this soon.

I know what u mean. I try to switch up what I eat. Ice cream and a cookie, avocados......whatever tastes good to u. I bought some krispy cream doughnuts for 3 of my morning doses this week. I cant eat these all the time...otherwise I'll really puff up...lol. my tongue feels raw...I love spicy foods but have to eat nasty bland stuff cuz it burns my tongue and stomach...

Betsy..... what else did u eat with ensure?

Karmah, I will be honest, not a lot. I really have had trouble eating throughout therapy. In the beginning I tried lots of things but food was repulsive to me. Especially early in the morning and late at night. I was thirsty though and the Ensure was easy to get down with the meds. I maintained my weight, of about 100 lbs, the first three months. Ate a little of everything but not a lot of anything. I am at week 21 now and have lost about 5 pounds. I eat oatmeal every morning and whatever else appeals to me throughout the day. I never had much of an appetite though.

I never had much of the butt burn thing, except for the first couple of weeks. I was und at weeks 4, 8, 12 and 16. I am just thinking that even though I had trouble eating, I must have been metabolizing the meds ok. They worked!

I believe that sugar is toxic. SUGAR CAUSES INFLAMMATION in the body including the liver and strains the liver by making it work harder.

Feel free to google 'sugar and inflammation' or 'sugar and liver inflammation'.

Some leading scientists have done a study that was highly publicized saying that sugar is as toxic as alcohol.

I'd say eat whatever you have to to get through tx, but I'd make every effort possible to minimize sugar and refined carbs (donuts, cookies, white bread...)

For anyone interested in this topic:
(The first is a very basic article)

http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2009/10/the_not-so-swee.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120201135312.htm

http://articlesunlimited.holisticnetworkexchange.com/inflammation_sugar.html

Good stuff there KatAnda, I'm already type 2 diabetic :(
But man, sweet peaches are so damn good..:):)
And strawberries, and blue berries, and..and...

I am not on tx now but I have a hard time with appetite.

My shrink today gave me something for sleep and I mentioned I have been trying to maintain some nutrition by drinking Ensure.

She said..."OH NO, too much sugar...but at least you are getting something."

I think I will go back to making protein smooties with fruit. Especially after reading smoking Kat's post on sugar. I am vegan so I gotta watch it but oatmeal is yummy as well as oatmeal water when you really can't eat.

@napa- I was referring to the recommendation to eat cookies and anything sweet, NOT to fruit. Fruit's good in moderation (I probably eat too much) although peaches and strawberries are highest in pesticides..blueberries less so.

Someone here suggested lemon cake from the bakery section at Publix/SweetBay/etc. I tried it and it worked just to coat my stomach in between throwing up - LOL - It's very individual whatever you can pound down.

I am right there with you sopain. I start week 10 on Friday and the last 10 days or so I struggle to eat my fat meals. My wife who is a foodie and loves to cook is always asking me (feels like badgering me [riba rage] ) "what do you want to eat?" or "How did you like that?" I know she put effort into trying to make something that I would enjoy but I have to be honest and say that nothing tastes good. 21 days left of incivek...I can't wait to drop this med but at the same time I am sure to get every dose knowing that this is killing the virus.

I actually went to McDonald's today in between my fat meals talk about living on the edge

Food still smells terrible to me most days so I drink juice, eat yogurt and fruit. I was actually starving today and normally don't eat greasy food, but I bought some onion rings and at most of them. My stomach did not appreciate them.