Re: Re: please help with my Mom

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your help. Gastro paresis is a good thought, which I passed along

to her doctor today. We have been doing a lot of GI tests and have not found

anything physical so far. I am looking for ideas on enticing people to eat

when they have lost interest in food - even nutrition drinks.

From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ]

On Behalf Of rriddle_travel

Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:26 AM

To: LBDcaregivers

Subject: Re: please help with my Mom

This sounds a bit like gastroparesis. Has the GI doctor evaluated her for

that?

>

> Hi,

>

>

>

> My mother is not eating, and we are not sure why. When asked she says she

> feels nauseated, or has a pain in her stomach. However, she started

limiting

> her food intake about 6 months ago and did not complain of any GI

symptoms.

>

>

>

> Her doctors cannot find a physical cause, and are thinking it is the

Aricept

> she is taking, which she has always tolerated well before. She is losing

> weight rapidly and is unable to eat more than a few mouthfuls.

>

>

>

> I hate to see her go off the Aricept, which has improved her quality of

life

> very much.

>

>

>

> Does anyone have any advice or ideas?

>

>

>

> Meredith Wiggins

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your help. Gastro paresis is a good thought, which I passed along

to her doctor today. We have been doing a lot of GI tests and have not found

anything physical so far. I am looking for ideas on enticing people to eat

when they have lost interest in food - even nutrition drinks.

From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ]

On Behalf Of rriddle_travel

Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:26 AM

To: LBDcaregivers

Subject: Re: please help with my Mom

This sounds a bit like gastroparesis. Has the GI doctor evaluated her for

that?

>

> Hi,

>

>

>

> My mother is not eating, and we are not sure why. When asked she says she

> feels nauseated, or has a pain in her stomach. However, she started

limiting

> her food intake about 6 months ago and did not complain of any GI

symptoms.

>

>

>

> Her doctors cannot find a physical cause, and are thinking it is the

Aricept

> she is taking, which she has always tolerated well before. She is losing

> weight rapidly and is unable to eat more than a few mouthfuls.

>

>

>

> I hate to see her go off the Aricept, which has improved her quality of

life

> very much.

>

>

>

> Does anyone have any advice or ideas?

>

>

>

> Meredith Wiggins

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your help. Gastro paresis is a good thought, which I passed along

to her doctor today. We have been doing a lot of GI tests and have not found

anything physical so far. I am looking for ideas on enticing people to eat

when they have lost interest in food - even nutrition drinks.

From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ]

On Behalf Of rriddle_travel

Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:26 AM

To: LBDcaregivers

Subject: Re: please help with my Mom

This sounds a bit like gastroparesis. Has the GI doctor evaluated her for

that?

>

> Hi,

>

>

>

> My mother is not eating, and we are not sure why. When asked she says she

> feels nauseated, or has a pain in her stomach. However, she started

limiting

> her food intake about 6 months ago and did not complain of any GI

symptoms.

>

>

>

> Her doctors cannot find a physical cause, and are thinking it is the

Aricept

> she is taking, which she has always tolerated well before. She is losing

> weight rapidly and is unable to eat more than a few mouthfuls.

>

>

>

> I hate to see her go off the Aricept, which has improved her quality of

life

> very much.

>

>

>

> Does anyone have any advice or ideas?

>

>

>

> Meredith Wiggins

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Megase worked wonders for my mil. She had no appetite. With Megase she perked

up and really enjoyed meals and snacks. She even enjoyed talking about food,

watching cooking shows and helping prep meals (I could always find something for

her to do). We adjusted dose depending on her appetite . A tsp every day or

every other day etc. Megase made no difference when the end came and it was

easy to see it was time to dc it - she was dying and had no appetite regardless.

I had worried about that but for her it turned out not to matter. We had some

negative remarks about it after she was diagnosed but my mil was a weird sort of

anorexic all her life and when she starved herself to 87 lbs her dr at that time

rx'd it and she put in weight and overall seemed much more relaxed and happy not

to be starving herself.

- Dorothy

from cell phone

On May 18, 2012, at 2:05 PM, " Meredith Wiggins "

wrote:

> Thanks for your help. Gastro paresis is a good thought, which I passed along

> to her doctor today. We have been doing a lot of GI tests and have not found

> anything physical so far. I am looking for ideas on enticing people to eat

> when they have lost interest in food - even nutrition drinks.

>

> From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ]

> On Behalf Of rriddle_travel

> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:26 AM

> To: LBDcaregivers

> Subject: Re: please help with my Mom

>

> This sounds a bit like gastroparesis. Has the GI doctor evaluated her for

> that?

>

>

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> >

> >

> > My mother is not eating, and we are not sure why. When asked she says she

> > feels nauseated, or has a pain in her stomach. However, she started

> limiting

> > her food intake about 6 months ago and did not complain of any GI

> symptoms.

> >

> >

> >

> > Her doctors cannot find a physical cause, and are thinking it is the

> Aricept

> > she is taking, which she has always tolerated well before. She is losing

> > weight rapidly and is unable to eat more than a few mouthfuls.

> >

> >

> >

> > I hate to see her go off the Aricept, which has improved her quality of

> life

> > very much.

> >

> >

> >

> > Does anyone have any advice or ideas?

> >

> >

> >

> > Meredith Wiggins

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks to all for these very helpful posts. My Mom is back in the hospital so I

have had little free time to answer. I am hoping she will be home Thursday.

From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ] On

Behalf Of dsinouye

Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:16 PM

To: LBDcaregivers

Subject: Re: Re: please help with my Mom

Megase worked wonders for my mil. She had no appetite. With Megase she perked up

and really enjoyed meals and snacks. She even enjoyed talking about food,

watching cooking shows and helping prep meals (I could always find something for

her to do). We adjusted dose depending on her appetite . A tsp every day or

every other day etc. Megase made no difference when the end came and it was easy

to see it was time to dc it - she was dying and had no appetite regardless. I

had worried about that but for her it turned out not to matter. We had some

negative remarks about it after she was diagnosed but my mil was a weird sort of

anorexic all her life and when she starved herself to 87 lbs her dr at that time

rx'd it and she put in weight and overall seemed much more relaxed and happy not

to be starving herself.

- Dorothy

from cell phone

On May 18, 2012, at 2:05 PM, " Meredith Wiggins " <dancingturnips@...

<mailto:dancingturnips%40yahoo.com> > wrote:

> Thanks for your help. Gastro paresis is a good thought, which I passed along

> to her doctor today. We have been doing a lot of GI tests and have not found

> anything physical so far. I am looking for ideas on enticing people to eat

> when they have lost interest in food - even nutrition drinks.

>

> From: LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com>

[mailto:LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> ]

> On Behalf Of rriddle_travel

> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:26 AM

> To: LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com>

> Subject: Re: please help with my Mom

>

> This sounds a bit like gastroparesis. Has the GI doctor evaluated her for

> that?

>

>

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> >

> >

> > My mother is not eating, and we are not sure why. When asked she says she

> > feels nauseated, or has a pain in her stomach. However, she started

> limiting

> > her food intake about 6 months ago and did not complain of any GI

> symptoms.

> >

> >

> >

> > Her doctors cannot find a physical cause, and are thinking it is the

> Aricept

> > she is taking, which she has always tolerated well before. She is losing

> > weight rapidly and is unable to eat more than a few mouthfuls.

> >

> >

> >

> > I hate to see her go off the Aricept, which has improved her quality of

> life

> > very much.

> >

> >

> >

> > Does anyone have any advice or ideas?

> >

> >

> >

> > Meredith Wiggins

> >

> >

> >

> >