Uh oh! Minor problem here.......

Jul 29, 2010

I went to the doctor yesterday feeling quite happy because this is the day I am supposed to have my g-tube removed, but, alas, that was not going to happen!  The NP walked in and hit me with the new right off....."You're not absorbing your protien!"  What a smack in the face!  I have faithfully been drinking all of my 100 grams of protien, doing everything I'm supposed to do and my body decides to revolt?  Her solution?  Don't drink it, pour it down the tube!  Not only that, but increase my protien to 120 grams.  So I ask the NP (who I really like a lot!) if this was a common problem or was it just me and she looked me straight in the face and said "No, it's you."  Tears start flowing and she almost freaks out and says "I'm kidding, really!  This does happen.  Your body is just adjusting, you'll be okay!"  So, maybe in another three weeks it will come out.

On the bright side, I lost another 7 pounds and I am just 4 weeks out.  That makes 13 in the 4 weeks since surgery.  That makes me feel good!

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