Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Hi Hope all is well with . . . . one thing I have learned from the last few years is to enjoy the " good " moments when they are there! has her neuro appt tomorrow and I would value your input into what is happening with her. A couple of months ago she was having early morning seizures accompanied with high BSL and lower than normal ketones. A 50 calorie increase to dinner seemed to fix things for a while. However now she is having more seizures again (about 2 a week - and nasty ones :-( ) Now, while on the diet, every blood test result reveals very low urea - I believe this is indicative of low protein intake. Her latest bone density test also revealed some interesting things: Sept 02 Sept 03 Weight 53 Kg 52 Kg Tot BMDensity .896 .891 Tot BMC 2261 2300 up 39g Tot Lean Mass 27002g 23606g down 3396g Tot Fat 45% 49% up 4% In a year her weight has reduced by 1 Kg. I was thinking it was great, because she has some to spare! But when looking at the figures, the picture isn't so rosy. She lost 3.4 Kg of lean body mass, yet gained 1.4Kg of fat. I was quite surprised about this because I thought she would have burned excess fat before lean tissue. Would you say this represents a " catabolic " state? Would you say the solution is to increase protein or overall calories? I don't really want her to put on weight. Many thanks Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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