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5/23/12 4:51 P

I'm not sure what milk has to do with staying hydrated and taking vitamins, but all of us go through times where we can barely get down any food. That's why we each have to figure out what our bodies will accept with the help of a doctor and/or nutritionist. If all food becomes problematic, then the doctor needs to try other treatments. For instance the GP diet failed for me, as did Domperidone. I'm now on TPN to supplement the few hundred calories I get each day, but due to a continuing and worsening allergic reaction and the fact that it seems my Ehlers Danlos and suspected Dysautonomia are causing my GP, my GI doctor is figuring I'll probably end up on enteral feeding through a nasaljejunostomy tube or jejunostomy tube. He also created the gastric pacemaker, so if he feels that I'm a candidate that's another treatment I could end up on. If everything fails, it's back to TPN which is basically the last-ditch effort to keep someone alive when they can't take any nutrition.

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5/23/12 4:20 P

I hope you start feeling better soon!

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5/23/12 12:28 A

I agree with all that you say for those who don't have milk allergies and have not been told by their GI doctors to stay away from anything that is milk derived. I was being treated by doctors but I became ill to the point I could not eat anything without being nauseated. They were helping me as best they could and giving me ideas of foods to eat and ways of staying hydrated.

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5/23/12 12:14 A

It's always important to adjust water intake and sodium intake. If you drink too much water or don't have enough sodium in your body you become dehydrated. If you drink too little water or eat too much sodium you'll become bloated. This is why it's important to have doctors involved in our treatments. Also, we definitely need to supplement our nutrition with a multi-vitamin and with things like ensure to have adequate vitamins and minerals.

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5/21/12 6:00 P

If one is on diuretics and their stomach is acting up you need to watch your water intake or your electrolytes can plummet real fast and end you up in the hospital. That just happened to me this weekend, and I am still shaky from low potassium.

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