Greg, I had similar problems. When I was in the hospital, they could obviously monitor my food intake. I wasn't absorbing a lot of things, including iron along with the proteins. I am constantly fighting anemia. I had joined a vegetarian list explaining that I couldn't give up meet, but that I wanted to learn ways to incorporate more vegetables into my diet to get what I needed since I was also on Magnesiums, Vitimin D, and calcium supplements. That was the wrong thing to do. I got some personal letters that said that I should just die so the animals didn't have to suffer for me. I guess vegetarians love all live except humans. Anyway, I still eat meat. I decided that I didn't want to ask advice from people who didn't have the capacity to understand human suffering. When I don't get enough protein, my pain increases. I kept doing what my doctor suggested which was taking the supplments and whey protein powder between meals because he told us that our bodies can only absorb a certain amount of protein at a time. (I put the protein powder in my fruit smoothies. It tastes pretty good and I figure that I am getting the nutrition of fruit at the same time.) So at this time, I shouldn't take the protein powder with my meals. If things get worse, I will have to drink it with my meals in addition to drinking between meals, but so far, I am at the low end of okay by drinking it between meals. The doctor did say that he would rather me drink two protein drinks between meals than adding the protein powder at the meal if I felt my pain increasing. I am on pain pills, but having the protein powder really helps reduce the needs for pain meds. Not sure if any of this would work for you, just sharing what has worked for me. I have started to get my vitamins at a local health food store (I can tell a difference by the coloring of my skin), but I get the whey protein powder at Sams because I can get more for the price per ounce that way.
Candle "Scars remind of us where we’ve been, they don’t have to dictate where we are going." ~David Rossi of Criminal Minds *********************************************************************** ________________________________ From: Greg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 6:15 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Low Protein, etc. I have a wound next to my tailbone that just will not fill in. I just had my protein checked and even though I’ve increased it in my diet, it is still lower than it was when it was low. So now I have low protein, low blood count, and low testosterone. I take a max dose of testosterone pumps and it’s barely raising. My body is just not adsorbing this stuff, natural or in extra supplements. Yet another doc appointment to try and figure it out. Greg
