It is my ninth day at home since I left the Hospital after being there for 6 days and as part of my release, I am supposed to have IV infusions of antibiotics three times a days, and as part of Home Health's requirements, I am supposed to take my weight every day (at the same time) and my temperature. After nine days of doing this, my temperature has remained relatively normal but my weight has dropped 9 pounds or 1 pound/day which in and of itself does not mean that much and I did need to loose the weight, but losing weight that fast still bothers me.
According to my CALORIE INTAKE spreadsheet, during the last 8 complete days, I have eaten 500 calories less per day except on one day I ate 400 calories more with 1800 calories being that point around which I was measuring.
In February of this year, I started counting my calories and before I went into the hospital, my weight had dropped from 250 to 235 +/- or 15 pounds in about 4 months which is about 3-4 pounds each month which is slow and perfect weight loss so it does not harm the overall body in anyway. However, compare that 3-4 pounds/month to 1 pound/day... if this new loss is projected for 30 days, there would be 30 pounds of loss in 30 days which is now an indication that something else might be going on inside me.
With that said, let me point out here that while I was in the Hospital, a CT without contrast was performed and showed NO GROWTH as compared to my last scan 90 days ago... so this contradicts my concerns... but, I still have them nonetheless.
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