debbie13

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Why would someone want a feeding tube to help them loose weight? I don't get it.

I am battling regain in a big way. I need to loose 45 pounds to get back to my lowest. Not one health professional has suggested a feeding tube to me. Maybe I should ask. Yeah that's the ticket - 800 calories a day of some of the most vile liquid I have ever had the pleasure of sniffing.

Wait a minute. I am doing about 800 calories a day. Through food. Lean meats. Vegetables. The occasional piece of fruit. Hmmm and yummm. Real food. Things I like to eat. 

Have you ever tried some of those tube feeding formulas? They are vile. Really. I know. I use them every day at work. There aer better ways to loose weight than a feeding tube. 

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Get real ladies - this is not the way to loose the baby weight. Yes, you will have to deal with that too. Or are you just planning on a bottle right along with your baby? 

All I can say is IRON DEFICIENCY SUCKS!!!!! Big time. I take iron four times a day (two kinds) until I see the hematologist and I am seeing no changes in how my body responds when I exert it. I am also taking 1200 mcg of B12 three times a day with no effect. 

In looking back at the pattern of deficiency (this isn't the first bout) there will be no more blood donations.  Two donations, two bouts. I guess that I can store enough for my needs, but as soon as I tap into it for others I go too low. I will discuss it further with the hematologist but I have a feeling that he/she will agree that I can't visit with the Red Cross any more.

Oh well, my vent, whine is over. Thank you