Are you still recovering from your illness, or are you fully healed now?
I'm discharged but still recovering.
- Food is tasteless
- So is water.
- On medication and Go dizzy sometimes
- Due to lack of appetite, I have been on IV drip for like twice every week.
Just try grabbing a snack or two when you're bored and add more calories or eat a bit more during meal times.
Trust me , I have tried but everything tastes to disgusting , " Metallic " to be exact. I can't even drink water properly because even that tastes disgusting.
My current source of all the nutrients and calories is Extreme salty Vegetable/Chicken Soups , Fruits and Fruit juices.
You should be able to gain back most of your weight, if not more, since you were deprived of calories and nutrients for so long, and your body shed a significant 17kg as a result.
Tough part is consuming , it's almost as if I have lost my apetite completely. I can eat once a day and be ok with it without needing to eat again or feel hungry.
Sometimes even 2 days , as sometimes when I was hospitalized All used to do was sleep , and sometimes , I simply kept sleeping for 2 days straight (Not continously but I did wake up in between but went back to sleep as there was nothing to do. But I do remember I didn't eat anything , and lied to nurses and took my medications only.)
I need to gain my weight again and it's extremely important as I simply don't have any energy at all. I do some task and I'm done in an hour or two.
Recently I went to Selection Board for my aviation career. But I cleared it , all the rounds , Medicals as well though but there wasn't any big issue. But I was given a temperary Rejection and have to report back to them in 2-3 months again as I was under weight by a lot of margin.
My BMI was too low they said , and there were many other factors they said.
My height being 192 cm
And my Weight heing 56 Kgs.
BMI score falls on like 15 - 15.5.