Quote:
|
I really hope you've discussed this issue with your OB.
|
Yes, I've discussed this with my OB, my hemotologist, and my PCP. None of them have anything remotely useful to say (that's after they look at me like I have 3 heads). All I can assume is that #1 - they are lacking in knowledge and #2 - they think I'm lying. After all, I don't APPEAR to be malnourished whatsoever - I'm no where even close to the bottom of the normal weight range for my height let alone underweight. AND, I always gain approx 50lbs with each pregnancy. So how could I possibly be eating too little? (There are many days when I still ask that question myself - why does a person with AN end up severely underweight, but me with 1000 cals/day can barely lose a pound when not pregnant?) Who knows - if I were them I might respond the same way. You'd think at least the hemo would have a lightbulb go off in his head since my immune system is not working properly. But as Leigh says in the MRM, the sooner you figure out that you're left to fend for yourself the better.
That is not to say that therapy would never be useful, but I simply don't have the energy right now to spend on knocking my head against a wall AGAIN. I know I need to eat and rest and that's what I'm doing, and for at least the short term that's that.
Thanks for your concern and input!! :-)
Michelle