Hello @merpreb, thank you for your note and sharing your story, I appreciate it very much. My mother has always been wary of taking medications, so her reaction was not surprising. She also later confessed that she had seen friends who were on Blood thinners bleed alot from a small scrap and that scared her more. she is taking an oral medication and no one has said whether or not taht affects your appetite but if it does, it's recent because it hadn't bothered her to this extent before.

I appreciate hearing from everyone, but it sounds like you all are saying that the loss of appetite cannot be reversed? Am I understanding correctly? I know mom is not ready to give up yet...she wants to eat yet, we can't seem to get past the 1000 calories a day mark.
so the not eating more of a conscious choice? I"m just trying to understand and Im scared and worried and I don't know what to do
I'm the oldest daughter and my sister gets scared and panics rather than looking at the situation as, how do address this and what can we do. so many times, I need to be the 'stronger' one and not show the emotion otherwise, my sister falls apart!

Has anyone taken or know of someone who has taken an appetite enhancer? the one that was prescribed is megase (Im not sure I'm spelling it correctly)
thank you all again for your thoughts and feedback. I really appreciate it and it helps me. I hope you will all keep the advice and information coming! a big heartfelt thank you.