Guest guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 O.K. all you experienced parents using GHR I got a question? Our Endo said once our son started GH we should see an increase in my sons eating. We have been on the shots for about 2 weeks... is it still to early or are some kids appetites not helped with GHR ? Would appreciate any comments!!! Sindy _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Hi Sindy- Dominic has been on GHT for 1.5 years and I have not seen any increase in appetite. I am curious to see what the other parents say. Fazzolari (mom to Dominic - 4.5 years) > O.K. all you experienced parents using GHR I got a question? Our Endo said > once our son started GH we should see an increase in my sons eating. We > have been on the shots for about 2 weeks... is it still to early or are some > kids appetites not helped with GHR ? Would appreciate any comments!!! > > Sindy > > > > _____ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Sindy, We're real new at this, too, less than two weeks on GH. It may be my imagination or hopeful thinking, but Abby seems like she's eating more to both me and my husband. We've always had problems getting her to eat and when she didn't want to eat she would take 45 min to over an hour to eat. And often when she ate really good one day she wouldn't eat much the next day. It's been about a week and a half on GH and she seems to be eating more and much faster than she was. And it's been pretty regular instead of one day on, one day off. It's probably too soon to tell. As I said, it could just be our imaginations, but we feel pretty good about her eating right now. Sherri Mom to 6 yr old twins - Abby (RSS) and Sam (nonRSS) > O.K. all you experienced parents using GHR I got a question? Our Endo said > once our son started GH we should see an increase in my sons eating. We > have been on the shots for about 2 weeks... is it still to early or are some > kids appetites not helped with GHR ? Would appreciate any comments!!! > > Sindy > > > > _____ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Sindy- christopher has been on the ght since feb 16th and he does eat alot more than he use to. before he might have eaten a half slice of pizza now he eats 2 slices of pizza!!! i am not sure though, it might depend on the child. good luck!! and give me a ring again some time!! jodie (nicholas-6 nonrss, christopher-3 rss 23lbs 33 " ght genotropin .6, johnathon-10m nonrss) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 --Hi , I didn't know this was you!! Do you remember us from the convention last year? I am and he played with (wild child) they also sat besides each other during the picture with Dr. H . I just wanted to say HI!!! How is he doing? We just started G H yesterday and I feel like it is going to be an adventure!!! I have a cute pic of Dominic and somewhere I will have to try to find it and e-mail it to you!! He is so cute and I think and him favor so much, well just glad I read this msg and saw that it was you, just turned five I can't believe it!! Hugs to you both... - In RSS-Support , " jjfazzolari " wrote: > Hi Sindy- > > Dominic has been on GHT for 1.5 years and I have not seen any > increase in appetite. I am curious to see what the other parents say. > > Fazzolari (mom to Dominic - 4.5 years) > > > > > O.K. all you experienced parents using GHR I got a question? Our > Endo said > > once our son started GH we should see an increase in my sons > eating. We > > have been on the shots for about 2 weeks... is it still to early or > are some > > kids appetites not helped with GHR ? Would appreciate any > comments!!! > > > > Sindy > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Studies of GH and RSS/SGA kids do show that their body mass index does increase with growth hormone, but I haven't seen it with . Her muscle mass certainly increased!!! HA! But no, I don't think that you would see an increase in just 2 weeks. I think. I am guessing here, but I think that because these kids' height velocity often DOUBLES with growth hormone, that means that their bodies will need double the calories, just to keep their weight proportion the same. So yes, they would have to eat that much more just to stay the same weight level. Since your son has only been on for 2 weeks, and probably hasn't seen a major jump in height yet, the weight wouldn't show as much yet??? > O.K. all you experienced parents using GHR I got a question? Our Endo said > once our son started GH we should see an increase in my sons eating. We > have been on the shots for about 2 weeks... is it still to early or are some > kids appetites not helped with GHR ? Would appreciate any comments!!! > > Sindy > > > > _____ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 has been on gH for 2 years, and we've noticed a definite improvement in his appetite. But it wasn't immediate, it was a gradual process, over many months. I think as the gH helped him to start growing faster, his body needed more calories, and that caused him to have more of an appetite. In fact, now he eats so well that we no longer give him Periactin. - Joe > O.K. all you experienced parents using GHR I got a question? Our Endo said > once our son started GH we should see an increase in my sons eating. We > have been on the shots for about 2 weeks... is it still to early or are some > kids appetites not helped with GHR ? Would appreciate any comments!!! > > Sindy > > > > _____ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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