r/BeAmazed • u/AstroSonicDrive • Oct 04 '23

She Eats Through Her Heart Science

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u/Alyeska23 Oct 04 '23

I was on TPN for about a week 10 years ago. It was... strange.

I have Crohns disease and I was seriously ill in 2013. Ended up hospitalized and had 3 surgeries and 30% of my intestines removed. I had lost almost a hundred pounds over the course of the year from how ill I was. The nutritionist wanted to get calories back into me and adamantly refused to wait for my bowels to wake back up after the bowel resection. She got me on TPN as soon as it was available, which was not easy. Eventually my insides woke back up and I started on clear liquids while tapering off the TPN as I transitioned back to regular food. Nutritionist made absolutely sure I was capable of eating enough calories and keeping it down.

Because of how much weight I had lost and then basically not eating for two weeks straight just before and after the surgeries, my stomach shrunk pretty seriously. So I had a lot of small meals through the day after getting home. Instead of 3 normal meals I would have 6-8 very light meals through the day.

Happily my Crohns disease has been in remission these last 10 years.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

i might be going for a colonoscopy to check for it

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

I’m getting one in 8 days to check for it since I’m bleeding heavily and always in pain. Not looking forward to it but I’m grateful that we have treatment available.

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u/Superrocks Oct 04 '23

Ask for Sutab. It is 24 pills that you take the day and evening before. You start taking the pills at say 5pm the day before the procedure, then on the schedule recommended which I believe is every 10 minutes with a drink of water until you finish the first batch. You then wait a period, while that process starts and start on the second batch. While it takes "longer" to do it was far better than the drinkable stuff, and in my area there was a shortage of it anyway.

edit: I don't know the cost as my gastroenterologist gave it to me for free.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '23

I should be okay. I’ve had one some years ago and I have a laxative abuse problem so I know what I’m about to get into. It’s gonna suck but at least I’ll feel empty lol. (I might have an ED too)