Cajun chicken pasta, hillbilly bread and ben and jerrys for dessert. Girl you know who to ask for high cal food lol

Glider Yeah! So happy they de-accessed your port, now you can take a real shower...hehehe...And have a glass of wine...Little Blessings...
Got to love the port though..It saves the nurses poking our arms 10 times to start an IV...Do you have a single or a double?

You will get to stay off the antibiotics, I am determined with you. Stubborn lungs have been going around this year, But I have to believe 2014 will be better. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were all infection free next year?

Probably a protein shake with a couple tablespoons of Nutella or peanut butter added will add the extra calories. You could make it like a milk shake & use whipping cream....Very High in calories...

Lots of Hugs & Smiles
Cheryl

When I was having trouble keeping my weight, my doc said for me to eat (if you can believe this) straight up lard! I was like...huh? Lamb is so fattening, biscuits loaded with butter and ice cream.

Lucky you in some way. I can't even look at food anymore without putting weight on. No ice cream here.

I also used to make a banana shake with fresh banana, milk, 2 eggs, a little bit of vanilla and ice and it was SO good and put some weight on me, too.

Thinking of you.....

glider I'm so thankful that you had some good news today. I hope you were able to have a nice glass of wine to celebrate. I will be keeping my fingers crossed with you, that you will be able to stay off iv antibiotics. hopefully you have made it over the hump with this bought.

hugs & prayers
deb

Kelli, funny you say that! I had Cajun chicken pasta for dinner, with bread, and had my ensure blended into ice cream afterward! LOL!! Which by the way the pumpkin spice ice cream that's out as a seasonal flavor is delish:) But, in all seriousness, I almost ended up back in the slammer yesterday because the nourishment is such an issue. If I don't start gaining quickly, they're going to shove a tube down my nose because I can't seem to physically consume enough. That's no bueno.

MissSophie, I have a single lumen power port. The first thing I thought of was how easy my shower is going to be. Actually I'm a trouble maker when this thing is accessed and don't always comply perfectly:)

I love lamb. I get these gyros down the road, and the lady always gives me extra food:) And I think I will stay off of IVs longer this time. Things were stable! Yayy! Thank y'all for the sweet replies as always! Maybe once I fatten up I will be in the clear!

Hey I love your new pic. Boyfriend? Hehe Eat at night. That will help you gain weight. Wish I could share some of my weight with you. Umm no offense skip the Lard YUCK and its just plain bad for you. It is however benificial if you have excema hehe. I'm so staying positive for you hugs. ps when I say night I mean befire bed

Thanks mountains! That's my brother/best friend! I don't have time for boys;) I've heard about eating at night before. I could easily get in some extra snacking with how late I stay up! I'm trying so hard, but what can you do? I never thought eating would consume so much effort!

So glad to here your doing better.
It might be that your not absorbing the nutrients through the colon. Perhaps a quality multi vit/min in powder form mixed into a drink could help to take into the blood stream the calories eaten.
I was just reading about this at the doc office. Ill try to take notes Monday off the chart for weight gain. I think zinc was one of the the important ones for gain.

Hey Glider I know it will mean being hooked back up to your port, and having one myself I know how icky that is, But when I was having absorption problems my doctor had me on TPN. Just got off of it two weeks ago was on it since August. I didn't need the extra calories, but they still had me on 3000 calories a day, but it's all the the extra protein and vitamins they can add that really make the difference..

Didn't matter how much I ate I wasn't absorbing any nutrients & then I was really run down & unable to fight anything...When your doctor checks your blood I know they check potassium & magnesium but what about calcium and the rest of your vitamins? My hematologist told me a lot of people with CVID have malabsorption problems until things start working again...Symptom of this is severe diarrhea...When it gets real bad even immodium doesn't work...

Feel better my prayers are with you. I wish I could just have one wish for Christmas this year & that is to make all my DS friends Healthy...

Big Hugs Glider to you & your puppy,
Cheryl

Hi Glider,
I'm so glad you are doing better! As of right now, being underweight is not something I'll have to worry about for a long while, so I might have some tips. Lol. :) I agree with Mountains, eat at night. This time of year is pie season, so have some pie and ice cream. :) Nuts are also really high calorie, but they are also fairly good for you and it doesn't take many to have quite a few calories. I agree with Miss Sophie who said peanut butter or Nutella. If it were me, I don't think I could handle straight up lard. Maybe biscuits and real cow butter?

I enjoyed you referring to the hospital as the slammer. My doctor calls it The Hilton. It's kinda of funny because he says if I don't get better, I might have to go to The Hilton, asks how my stay was at The Hilton, and tells me to enjoy my gourmet meals at The Hilton.:)

I hope you start feeling better soon!
Hugs,
Ashlee

Ha, gourmet meals! I often refer to it as the white trench coat mafia as well:) I don't think I could fool myself into thinking it's the Hilton. I do have absorption issues. I am pancreatic insufficient. I absorb nothing on my own, and am on enzyme replacement therapy. This is why I am chronically underweight, and have serious issues when I am sick. Calories are a huge factor for me everyday, and unfortunately sometimes I just can't manage them on my own. Thank you for the TPN idea! I've been on that plenty in the hospital, and forgot about that being a home option now that I have a port! Doctors like to threaten my weight gain with miserable alternatives:( Thanks for the suggestions and support. I figure if I survived that lung infection, the weight is a little hurdle and I can handle that!

CP yes I am quite familiar with that as well..When they did my ERCP they found besides my gallbladder being septic I had a couple dozen stones one blocking a duct to the pancreas plus almost a complete blockage of Sphincter of Oddi, which he ended up cutting.. But mine was caused from the Hemochromatosis..Gallbladder & pancreas issues are quite common with this disease..

It's funny when I am in the hospital I ask them to stamp my rewards card, for every two nights I stay I earn one free ticket to Disney Land or Every week I stay I earn three night at Disney Land Hotel...But the person from admissions said she never heard of the rewards card...I told to check, because I heard I had a VIP card now...She didn't think this was funny...

What is FUNNY is I cannot eat a lot of fatty foods and the kitchen always messes up the order. They say they don't have a low fat menu, the doctor has to write specifically no more than 5 grams of fat per meal..Because it is a hospital they make their mashed potatoes by the batch, it's a big batch mixed with milk, potatoes & fake butter & salt. But I cannot eat eat them, to much fat.. But plain mashed potatoes were one of the few things I could eat and not get sick. My husbands boss asked my husband one day when I was in there for three weeks how things were and my husband mentioned the mashed potatoes and laughed about it. Well the next day the head of the kitchen cam to my room and asked how I liked my mashed potatoes, & how much fat I could eat & what else I would like to eat. Turned out my husbands boss is on the board of the hospital...Now when ever I go into the hospital the kitchen staff calls & asks if I have any special requests, & they make my potatoes special just for me...And every time I get admitted there is a case of bottled water delivered to my room. Still haven't figured that one out...Guess I should have my hubby ask his boss...

Oh well I guess it pays to have a boss with deep pockets & a big heart..
We are very blessed my husband has a great boss..

Ok dollface, go back to my blog, have you done the oodles of noodles yet? AND the blueberry breakfast cake? Just half the recipe OR do the french toast casserole (It only has heavy cream, french bread like 10 eggs and then is topped with syrup & butter and a cinnamon topping? hello!)...hillbilly bread: equal parts of mayo, sour cream & Parmesan cheese with some garlic salt, mix, schmear on the bread and then broil..you will die LOL eat it with the oodles of noodles and the french toast casserole every day for a week then weigh haha...Let me dig around in my recipes and see what other fattening goodness i have laying around k? Ohh and lunch hmmm i forgot lunch...gosh I wish i could ship you some chile verde then you could fry you up some burritos and smother in sour cream...hmm snacks? ALMOND BUTTER...addictive as heck, eat it on mini graham crackers lol shall I go on? haha love ya doll face...guess what? ITS OFFICIAL IM ON VACATION...

I make oodles of noodles all the time:) I LOVE it:) And yayy vacation!! Enjoy your couch. I officially have a ticket to my very own stay at urgent care. Hopefully they don't upgrade me to ER. I'll message you if I hear anything exciting. I LOVE YOU TOOOOO!! And, i'll check those other recipes out. Grandma sent me with food earlier, I think if that doesn't work it's a lost cause!! Now I order you to rest, do no work, exert no energy, and enjoy:)

MissSophie- My PI is basically because I'm a mucus bucket. It blocks everything. It won't go away, and I'll deal with enzymes and nutrition stuff forever. No biggy, but interesting to hear about it in somebody else. I always found it strange that I can randomly get bouts of pancreatitis with extremely high lipase counts, but yet can't seem to get any enzymes into my digestive tract. I know it's common, but doesn't make sense in my brain!