loss of appetite & weight loss

July 4, 2009

Hello group,

I'm wondering if anyone of you had experienced what we're seeing with our 10yrs

old son. We've been on famvir for 5mths & nizoral 3mths. My son is now

avoiding all foods & has to be forced(we've to get firm) to eat at every meal.

This had been going on for about a month & I had mentioned it to Dr.G. He had

suggested not to force him & to just let him eat when he's hungry. We tried

that but he would stay without food the whole day. He's loosing weight also &

we're very concerned. When we started with Dr.G he was 68lbs now he is at 62lbs

and most probably will loose more if we don't do something about it.

Dr.G. says it has nothing to do with the meds he's on. But I'm not sure about

that. My son never had this issue before starting on this protocol. We've not

seen any gains at all with those 2 meds so far & I hope he'll switch us to other

meds at our next consult. He wanted us to start on zoloft about 2wks ago but

with the appetite issue we didn't feel comfortable to add one more strong med.

I'm thinking the meds are causing this problem??? We're seeing a GI doc for the

moment but please share if you have experienced this same problem?? thanks

much!!

God bless

July 4, 2009

Thanks Gaylen for your respond. Interestingly my son is having episode of

constipation as well. About 2 weeks ago, he constipated for 3 days. I had to

call the office & Dr.G. recommended mineral oil which seemed to help him go for

a couple of days. But he's still not going daily. Did you have to switch from

nizoral or is your child still on it? I'm wondering if we have to keep the

oxypowder as long as he's on nizoral? & why does nizoral cause constipation???

If it's supposed to help, it should do the opposite, keep them regular???

thanks again!

From: Googahly@... <Googahly@...>

Subject: Re: loss of appetite & weight loss

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 3:12 AM

My son has had several periods of not wanting to eat at all. Nizoral did

contribute to that for awhile because it increased his problem with

constipation. If your son isn't having a BM regularly, perhaps adding something

to help with that may get him eating again. We tried many things and found

that Oxypowder was the only thing that keeps him regular when on Nizoral.

Gaylen

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July 4, 2009

My son has been on mineral oil for a few years. It works GREAT, but when he

goes off, he goes back to having potty problems. He has CP in addition to

the " a word " and chronic constipation is an ongoing issue due to low tone. I

have heard from my friend that miralax works really well, too. I don't know

if Dr. G uses miralax.

Gaylen - has your son been evaluated for parasites?

Kristy

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Bekele

Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 1:10 AM

Subject: Re: loss of appetite & weight loss

Thanks Gaylen for your respond. Interestingly my son is having episode of

constipation as well. About 2 weeks ago, he constipated for 3 days. I had

to call the office & Dr.G. recommended mineral oil which seemed to help him

go for a couple of days. But he's still not going daily. Did you have to

switch from nizoral or is your child still on it? I'm wondering if we have

to keep the oxypowder as long as he's on nizoral? & why does nizoral cause

constipation??? If it's supposed to help, it should do the opposite, keep

them regular???

thanks again!

From: Googahly@... <mailto:Googahly%40aol.com> <Googahly@...

<mailto:Googahly%40aol.com> >

Subject: Re: loss of appetite & weight loss

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Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 3:12 AM

My son has had several periods of not wanting to eat at all. Nizoral did

contribute to that for awhile because it increased his problem with

constipation. If your son isn't having a BM regularly, perhaps adding

something

to help with that may get him eating again. We tried many things and found

that Oxypowder was the only thing that keeps him regular when on Nizoral.

Gaylen

************ **Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the

grill. (http://food. aol.com/grilling ?ncid=emlcntusfo od00000005)

July 4, 2009

>

> Hello group,

> I'm wondering if anyone of you had experienced what we're seeing with our

10yrs old son. We've been on famvir for 5mths & nizoral 3mths. My son is now

avoiding all foods & has to be forced(we've to get firm) to eat at every meal.

This had been going on for about a month & I had mentioned it to Dr.G. He had

suggested not to force him & to just let him eat when he's hungry. We tried

that but he would stay without food the whole day. He's loosing weight also &

we're very concerned. When we started with Dr.G he was 68lbs now he is at 62lbs

and most probably will loose more if we don't do something about it.

>

> Dr.G. says it has nothing to do with the meds he's on. But I'm not sure about

that. My son never had this issue before starting on this protocol. We've not

seen any gains at all with those 2 meds so far & I hope he'll switch us to other

meds at our next consult. He wanted us to start on zoloft about 2wks ago but

with the appetite issue we didn't feel comfortable to add one more strong med.

I'm thinking the meds are causing this problem??? We're seeing a GI doc for the

moment but please share if you have experienced this same problem?? thanks

much!!

> God bless

>

,

My son is seven almost eight and he went through a period of loosing weight as

well. His was a little different in that he was still eating but loosing

weight. My husband was very concerned because our son was skinny to begin with

and starting to look too thin. Dr. G told us not to worry that it was probably

his body adjusting to everything. After several months of loosing he is

beginning to gain weight back.

We didn't really see many gains with our son either until recently. We went

through a lot of difficult behavior and regression before we saw any huge gains.

I am just starting to see wonderful things happening with my son. He came up to

me a couple of days ago and told me life was no fun with out friends in it.

Everywhere we go lately my son is meeting a new friend and playing well with

them. He still has a long way to go but I am seeing the beginnings of an

awakening in his development.

Just curious if the diet is bringing in a lot of changes in his food choices?

Maybe he is having some opposition to changing what he eats. Just a thought...

I hope this helps you to keep moving forward. I think the hardest thing about

this approach is giving time to really figure out what medicines work for your

child's system.

Amber

July 4, 2009

Hello -did the GI doctor recommend the GI series of tests to rule out

any serious problems? When you have to force a child to eat there must be

something that isn't right with the digestive system. Have you been keeping

track of his bowel patterns? I'm sure the GI doctor will help you find out what

is making him lose his appetite. Good luck and I hope it all works out.

loss of appetite & weight loss

Hello group,

I'm wondering if anyone of you had experienced what we're seeing with our 10yrs

old son. We've been on famvir for 5mths & nizoral 3mths. My son is now avoiding

all foods & has to be forced(we've to get firm) to eat at every meal. This had

been going on for about a month & I had mentioned it to Dr.G. He had suggested

not to force him & to just let him eat when he's hungry. We tried that but he

would stay without food the whole day. He's loosing weight also & we're very

concerned. When we started with Dr.G he was 68lbs now he is at 62lbs and most

probably will loose more if we don't do something about it.

Dr.G. says it has nothing to do with the meds he's on. But I'm not sure about

that. My son never had this issue before starting on this protocol. We've not

seen any gains at all with those 2 meds so far & I hope he'll switch us to other

meds at our next consult. He wanted us to start on zoloft about 2wks ago but

with the appetite issue we didn't feel comfortable to add one more strong med.

I'm thinking the meds are causing this problem??? We're seeing a GI doc for the

moment but please share if you have experienced this same problem?? thanks

much!!

God bless

July 4, 2009

Yes, we did the GI blood tests & waiting for results. We're also taking stool

samples to rule out colitis issue. The doc prescribed an acid medicine for the

moment & if that helps he said we don't have to do endoscopy etc. later. we're

praying we don't have to go that route. thx

From: gvizjazz@... <gvizjazz@...>

Subject: Re: loss of appetite & weight loss

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 6:46 PM

Hello -did the GI doctor recommend the GI series of tests to rule out

any serious problems? When you have to force a child to eat there must be

something that isn't right with the digestive system. Have you been keeping

track of his bowel patterns? I'm sure the GI doctor will help you find out what

is making him lose his appetite. Good luck and I hope it all works out.

loss of appetite & weight loss

Hello group,

I'm wondering if anyone of you had experienced what we're seeing with our 10yrs

old son. We've been on famvir for 5mths & nizoral 3mths. My son is now avoiding

all foods & has to be forced(we've to get firm) to eat at every meal. This had

been going on for about a month & I had mentioned it to Dr.G. He had suggested

not to force him & to just let him eat when he's hungry. We tried that but he

would stay without food the whole day. He's loosing weight also & we're very

concerned. When we started with Dr.G he was 68lbs now he is at 62lbs and most

probably will loose more if we don't do something about it.

Dr.G. says it has nothing to do with the meds he's on. But I'm not sure about

that. My son never had this issue before starting on this protocol. We've not

seen any gains at all with those 2 meds so far & I hope he'll switch us to other

meds at our next consult. He wanted us to start on zoloft about 2wks ago but

with the appetite issue we didn't feel comfortable to add one more strong med.

I'm thinking the meds are causing this problem??? We're seeing a GI doc for the

moment but please share if you have experienced this same problem?? thanks

much!!

God bless

July 4, 2009

My baby girl had great difficulty eating, due to reflux which in turn

damaged her digestive system to where she didn't tolerate certain foods.

Does your son gag at all, even when he's not around food? She did, even in

her sleep. She also vomited approximately every 30 hours. We had to do an

extreme elimination diet (lamb and rice only for 3.5 weeks, then very slowly

introduced one new food at a time and waited for up to 1 month before

introducing another). After 11 months her system was 90% better and she can

now eat & tolerate just about anything. She was intolerant to corn (which is

in EVERYTHING, including hypo-allergenic formulas) and grapes and dairy.

I was told there aren't any accurate tests for intolerances (which are

different from allergies, which can be tested), which is why we had to do

the extreme elimination diet.

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

Bekele

Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:40 PM

Subject: Re: loss of appetite & weight loss

Yes, we did the GI blood tests & waiting for results. We're also taking

stool samples to rule out colitis issue. The doc prescribed an acid

medicine for the moment & if that helps he said we don't have to do

endoscopy etc. later. we're praying we don't have to go that route. thx

From: gvizjazz@... <mailto:gvizjazz%40aol.com> <gvizjazz@...

<mailto:gvizjazz%40aol.com> >

Subject: Re: loss of appetite & weight loss

<mailto:%40>

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 6:46 PM

Hello -did the GI doctor recommend the GI series of tests to rule

out any serious problems? When you have to force a child to eat there must

be something that isn't right with the digestive system. Have you been

keeping track of his bowel patterns? I'm sure the GI doctor will help you

find out what is making him lose his appetite. Good luck and I hope it all

works out.

loss of appetite & weight loss

Hello group,

I'm wondering if anyone of you had experienced what we're seeing with our

10yrs old son. We've been on famvir for 5mths & nizoral 3mths. My son is now

avoiding all foods & has to be forced(we've to get firm) to eat at every

meal. This had been going on for about a month & I had mentioned it to Dr.G.

He had suggested not to force him & to just let him eat when he's hungry. We

tried that but he would stay without food the whole day. He's loosing weight

also & we're very concerned. When we started with Dr.G he was 68lbs now he

is at 62lbs and most probably will loose more if we don't do something about

it.

Dr.G. says it has nothing to do with the meds he's on. But I'm not sure

about that. My son never had this issue before starting on this protocol.

We've not seen any gains at all with those 2 meds so far & I hope he'll

switch us to other meds at our next consult. He wanted us to start on zoloft

about 2wks ago but with the appetite issue we didn't feel comfortable to add

one more strong med. I'm thinking the meds are causing this problem??? We're

seeing a GI doc for the moment but please share if you have experienced this

same problem?? thanks much!!

God bless

July 4, 2009

Kristy, no my son doesn't gag or vomit but he spits out the food sometimes.

can't tell why he does that. thx

elizabeth

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