Two Weeks on TPN

Well, it's been two full weeks that I've been on TPN and it continues to be a very positive experience. The best part is that I am eating real food every day without any ill effects - no reflux, no diarrhea - and that alone has boosted my spirits. I also have more energy to the point that, a couple of days ago, I went on a cleaning frenzy and got rid of all the clutter that had accumulated around the place. feels really great to have that out of the way finally.

Yesterday the dietitian in charge of making up my formula called to see how things are going. I asked about the lack of weight gain and she said that was as she suspected because she had intentionally kept the calorie count down (1600 cal.) because she didn't want to overwhelm my body to start off. The next batch of formula will have an additional 300 cal/day which should mean that I will gain an average of 2 pounds/week. Sounds good to me.