Hey Sandi hope all goes well for you. I love the love heart by the way.

Interesting what you were saying about how they felt about you taking supplements and herbs etc. I just attended a mainstream paediatrics dietetics seminar and honestly I was so flabbergasted by some of their comments.

One of the speakers was a paediatrics oncology dietitian. She said that their primary focus was to keep the weight on the children no matter what. They encourage the kids to eat ANYTHING they want. The fattier, sweeter the better. So the kids eat until their hearts are content (albeit with some bad nausea days due to the chemo and radiotherapy). They go into remission, go home, back to school and end up obese and then end up back in the hospital system. They have been conditioned to eat everything and anything they like without any focus on nutrition whatsoever. Mind boggling to say the least.

This same presenter spoke of these 'wierdo' parents who were trying to add this crazy looking red stuff to their kids (with leukemia) parenteral feed. It turns out that this 'red stuff' was beetroot crystals. Or the 'frightful looking green stuff' which turns out to be spirulina or chlorella etc. Holy dooly, at least these parents are actively trying to help their kids. They don't need to be shunned by the medical profession.

Sandi I think that you will probably teach them a thing or two while you are in there. Take care and all the best.

Rachie