Guest guest Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Has anyone here ever managed to start GAINING weight on TPN (tube feeding)? My husband has finally turned around his drastic weight loss (140 down to 104), but still only weighs 107. The doctor said 2 weeks ago he could start " clear liquids " but they have almost no caloric value (as in beef broth). Juice (like apple) has sugar calories and I don't to overload him on that (although his pancreas is producing insulin fine right now). We go back to Dr. Pappas at Duke tomorrow because he (Dr. Pappas) is concerned about the weight. Henry's afraid he's going to be put back in the hospital. He's only gotten the speed of his feeding up to 85 ml/hr comfortably. 90 makes him feel too bloated. Ginny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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