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Any caregivers gaining weight?
Caregivers | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
YUP. I keep making high calorie meals for my husband so he could maintain weight (now trying to gain weight otherwise it's feeding tube time which terrifies him). After one small meal he no longer wants it and I'm sick of tossing so much food out. Doesn't help that his mother keeps coming over with food she makes that he can't eat and now she's just dumping leftover cookies and sweets from her social gatherings on me. It's impossible. Trying to politely tell her I don't need it is like watching a flat basketball thrown at a wall and plop to the ground lifeless.
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I feel for you husband. My husband does not eat much at all. He weights between 105 and 113. His weight fluctuates. Trying to get him to eat high calorie meals is a losing battle. Someone told me that WalMart has high calorie boost. He will drink boost but I have not been to walmart yet to get the high calorie. And I had to take time off from my part time job and the lost income is really hitting hard. I did get a gas card from the social worker at the hospital that will really help alot. Stay strong, my friend.
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Being a caregiver is hard. If someone kept bringing me cookies and sweet stuff, I would be as big as a house. I have a big sweet tooth. I would have to start throwing it out as much as I would hate to. I buy those elf cookies with the double stuffed chocolate in them and can eat the whole package in 2 days. I had to quit buying them. But I have to admit that your comment about your mother in law and the basketball made me laugh. I needed a laugh. Thanks.