Medicare, or I should say united health care, paid for our grocery run.

I just know I can't force it.

George, for the twenty plus years I've known him, has never been a huge eater. When we met he'd eat one meal a day, occassionally two. Although the second was rare. With him working random shifts, and getting home at all kinds of hours, it's understandable. The habbit never changed even when he cut his hours, or retired. Although he did atempt to eat two meals a day more often (a few times a week) before the stroke. It's just possible the stroke did so much damage and his stomach is struggling to recover.

@kaylachan ......That could be. I can't believe a person can get enough nutrients from just one meal a day.

@celticeagle I strongly believe the stroke damaged things we can't see. The stiff paralized leg, is obvious. The twitch in his hand sometimes, always obvious. Speach. But, the up and down back and forth of eating that was endured during his recovory.... that's something else entirely. He sometimes says it feels like a void when he eats. He often will stand up randomly, saying he wants to help it go down. And, he struggles to eat what he used to enjoy. Many people can survive on one meal a day, as long as they stay hydraded and that meal is as balanced as possible. Interment fasting is a common weight loss method, where a person eats one meal a day. But, like any diet, it requires monotoring. The foods George can tolorate, wouldn't sistain anyone. And eating a full meal with all the things has only happened successfully three times in the year and a half since he's been home from the hospital.

I knew it'd pay for the milk and pastas, wasn't sure about the Depends until the cashire told me it was all covered.

I tried that last year, but it didn't work. I just have to wait him out, let him decide what he thinks he can handle.

No, there not. and it's something my husband needs.

@porwest Yeah. I'm just glad that George's doing pretty good about it. He was having occasional issues before his stroke, but the stroke amped things up. Hospitals kept him on a continious cathator system for far to long.

@kaylachan There will probably be a time when we all need them.

George eats two to four hotdogs throughout the day on most days. He also drinks one to two glasses of milk, too. But his consistancy with food is just not there. Two days ago he ate five hot dogs, yesterday it was 3 with one cup of yogert. Now, that's not including his nutrition shakes. Because of those, in a two-month span he's lost a total of eight pounds.

@Ineeddentures We're hoping so. In order to loose the feeding tube, he has to maintain his weight with food alone and stay hydraded. At this point, I don't think we're there. So, it's nutrition shakes, and water through the peg tube to the rescue.

@kaylachan Nutrition shakes are something we found a godsend for our son. I think that they helped him build his strength until we got his digestives medicines at the right balance. I quite liked them also. When my dad had his stroke and couldn't eat properly I took some shakes to the hospital and the consultant said it was a great idea. So him and our son used to sit together sipping these shakes and eating which helped them both no end. I hope George can recover his previous eating habits and out the weight back on, or at least slow down weight loss