Week 2- Wednesday

This week has had a slow start with it being Martin Luther King Jr day on Monday, but I've gotten a chance to give some interesting educations. Today I spoke with a patient any who has lost 30 lb since April and she denied any eating problems. Her daughter was there and very helpful as she explained how her mother won't eat very much at all. I gave her education material on high calorie/protein foods and tried to explain to her the importance of eating during her cancer treatment.
Yesterday Karina and I posted a blog for the Markey Cancer Center that she regularly posts for. I know there is much concern about people getting enough Calcium and the problems that may occur during some medicinal treatments. Also I have heard about the possible cancer risk affiliated with a high casein intake. So in research I found no hard evidence on casein and blogged about the importance of calcium for strong healthy bones.
Yesterday, I also watched a paracentesis. Well, the beginning of one. I was interested in seeing how it is done and got too weak and almost passed out. This patient had a belly large enough and hard enough for triplets in the third trimester. He had a few large abdomenal tumors also so a large portion of the abdomen was tumor mass and only 2/5 liters was taken off when they thought maybe 10 would be pulled out.