Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 6 | Is your husband eating as well as taking in 4 cans of formula daily? That isnt enough calories to sustain him while he is in recovery mode. He should be having 2500 - 3000 calories to heal. His body is burning up calories faster than he is taking them in. Its working overtime trying to heal. How low is his blood pressure? Some people just run low. While weight loss can cause low blood pressure as well as taking pain meds.
I walk around with mine being usually running 98 over 56 and Im ok. Once in a while I get a bit dizzy, but overall Im pretty healthy. A couple years ago while I was doing my 2 month hospital stay, my blood pressure would drop to 78 over 38. I scared the nurses to death, they would wake me up at night to make sure I was ok.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive |