u/AggressiveAspect4336

I've had an acute pancreatitis attack about three weeks ago. Ever since I've struggled eating at all. I still get pain when I eat at times and every time I feel like my energy is coming back and I can finally eat a little bit more, it gets back. Even if I don't eat more I just get pain again.

I eat under 10 g of fat a day and really do not know how to move forward from here. I'm not sure if it's normal. I've not seen a gastroenterologist and I'll only be able to see one in about a month. I'm losing weight at half a pound to a full pound a day. Is that normal?

Last week I spent six days in the hospital for the first time. I got acute pancreatitis

It took three days before I could start the clear diet and I've now been eating solid food for six days

The amount of food I currently eat leaves me starved all the time but if I eat any more I feel slight nausea and discomfort. I'm really afraid to cause it to flare up again. The pain was awful, straight up 10/10 for 48 hours straight, and I cannot deal with that again

I'm currently on a pretty much no-fat diet of chicken breast, white rice, sweet potatoes, and oatmeal. How long does this usually take before I increase my calories to a point where I'm not at least starving or losing more than half a pound a day? This feels very discouraging and I have no idea when I'll be able to eat regularly again, especially considering they've never found the cause of that pancreatitis.

Any advice, guideline, timeline, or anything that you guys can tell me would be very helpful