my husband and I have been sick with fever, cough, congestion, aches all over, wheezing, loss of sleep, sore throat (hard to swallow) for about 5 days - we assumed it s flu. I had a flu shot but he didn t. We could deal with that, but most alarming is getting sick at the same time, and complete loss of appetite. Nothing has sounded good. We have been drinking water and forcing soda crackers, yesterday bought Ensure, which does taste okay, but everything else is just not appetizing. We need nutrition to get well, we know, but just can t think of anything that sounds good. We have always had healthy appetites and both somewhat overweight, so we re not wasting away yet, but it isn t normal to hate the sound of any type of food. In 5 days we ve had applesauce, Ensure, 1 chocolate milkshake, soda crackers and an apple. The crackers stop the stomach growling at least. We have a freezer full of food and none of it looks good. I m 63 and my husband is 55. Is this bizarre? we are exhausted from coughing and lack of sleep, but we ve had the flu in the past. we have never not felt like eating! Any ideas?