Nutrionists?

[TinkerbellSwt]

Dont know if this story belongs here, please feel free to move it

I just got discharged from the hospital. I have periocardisits. couldnt breathe all that sort of stuff, had to be on a low salt diet, as everyone on the cardiac floor is.. so the nutritionist comes in yesterday, yes the day before I am leaving to explain to me the low salt diet. OK, I said, but I havent been eating anyway and I understand low salt.. why havent I been eating? well over the weekend the kitchen said they cannot make me anything for a celiac. Well the look on the nutritionists face. I must have had three horns coming out of my head!! So I said gluten? I cant have it, at all, not a drop. Again, the three horned monster.. duh!! I know I shouldnt expect so much, but why wouldnt a nutritionist in a hospital know anything about my disease??? at all? makes no sense to me.

Now the eucharistic minister, very nice lady, comes in to offer me communion. I say, well I cant have the host, but I would like it if you can pray with me.. she says why, I tell her, pretty sweet,simple words, nothing techinical complicatied, nothing. So we say the prayer and she takes out a communion wafer, I think she is just going to use it for a blessing.. she breaks off a tiny corner and gives it to me.. I look at her like an idiot.. I said I cant, she said its just a little bit. NOOOOO, I cant have it at all.. made me feel a bit bad..

but anyway, thanks for letting me rant...

[gfgypsyqueen]

Yup ...hate hospitals!!!!! Unfortunately nutricionists are just like drs. Some are great and some are clueless. Sorry you had such a hard time in the hospital! Hope you feel better soon

[little d]

tinkerbellSwt

HI, I work at a hostpital, I had noticed one day that when I was filling in some info on a baby we call them cardx's for baby info to let the nurses no what the baby weighs, length, important info about mom as well. One day I noticed that a babies mom has Celiac disease. Cool I thought, I didn't want to run and talk with the babies mom, I just wanted to see if the Nutrionist knew what celiac disease was and asked what kind of food that she is giving the mom. She didn't know because the food was not infront the nutrionist or the menu. I gave her the benefit of the doubt, but she did say that they are about to go through some nutrition class and celiac disease was something on the agenda to learn about. And I have a coworker that is going thru Paramedic school and she said that they have learned about celiac disease.

Donna

[TinkerbellSwt]

Thats great. I hope more and more become knowledgeable about Celiacs, its such an important dietary disease. Easily controlled, in most cases, by a gluten free diet. I would have loved to have a camera at that point had I been feeling better to show you guys the look on her face. I was a space man!!! LOL