NHAMM
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- Joined
- Mar 15, 2010
- Messages
- 50
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Diagnosis
- 02/2010
- Country
- US
- State
- TN
- City
- Jackson
My mother just had her Peg tube placed last Wednesday (March 31). This has been so hard to accept for her and me both. Trying to learn what to do with meds and her feedings have been challenging. The nutritionist had said she should take in 3 to 5 cans a day but that if she feels like there is something she can eat she can. She currently just has no appetite and feels like her stomach is full. Yesterday she only took one can and ate a little White Castle hamburger.
Does it take a little while for the appetite to come back or could this be the disease also that is causing a loss of appetite? We have been using the gravity bags and also the syringe, what seems to work the best.
I try to remain positive about all this and I do in front of her, but seeing her go thru this is just so hard.
Thanks to all for your support--God Bless
Does it take a little while for the appetite to come back or could this be the disease also that is causing a loss of appetite? We have been using the gravity bags and also the syringe, what seems to work the best.
I try to remain positive about all this and I do in front of her, but seeing her go thru this is just so hard.
Thanks to all for your support--God Bless